Posted on 08/04/2023 5:47:33 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A newspaper publisher set to stand trial in federal court next week for allegedly promoting prostitution on his now-defunct online classified ads site Backpage has died by suicide, according to local reports.
James Larkin, 74, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head in Superior, Ariz., on Monday, according to the Superior Police Department.
Investigators told the Phoenix New Times, the alternative weekly newspaper that Larkin co-founded, that no foul play was suspected in his death.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Personal demons made public.
I’ve been to superior Arizona quite a few times and there isn’t much economic activity there and it is a bit run down. I’m surprise he lived there if he made that much money.
2 square miles?
Does it at least have a Taco Bell?
Might be a good place?
Why do I get the sense that the whole Epstein scenario is wrapped up in this too?
Someone else has to clean up the mess.
He put thousands of pimps out of business.
How do we know it wasn’t a pimp who did him in?
It does have a sort of Epstein vibe to it. From the article:
They maintained content on the site was protected by the First Amendment and that the site helped authorities in investigating sex trafficking cases and earned compliments from law enforcement for their assistance."
Suicide? Or Arkancide?
My recently deceased son lived in Miami, which is the next town up the mountain from Superior. He loved the area and had dreamed of living there for yrs. He worked remotely and enjoyed the slower pace of life up there.
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