There are many versions circulating the net:
On November 29, 1996 Barbara Wise was found dead and bruised from head to waist in a locked Commerce Department office. According to a news report on WRC TV, her body was found partially nude.
According to Klayman, Wise "worked in the same section" as the notorious Democratic Party fund-raiser John Huang and died under suspicious circumstances in her Commerce Department office. (The Commerce Department says that Wise -- who was found dead in her office on Nov. 29, 1996 -- died from natural causes.)
Barbara Wise - Commerce Department secretary. Worked with Ron Brown and John Huang and had extensive knowledge of their activities. Found dead in her locked office the day after Thanksgiving. It was ruled a suicide. Interestingly, she was found partially clothed, bruised, and in a pool of blood.
Barbara Alice Wise of Gambrills, MD was last seen alive at 4pm Wednesday at work, police said. They sent her body to the DC Medical Examiner's Office to determine how she died. A preliminary autopsy indicated no foul play. Medical Examiners were waiting for the woman's medical history before making a final determination in her death.
Law enforcement sources said Mrs. Wise had been known previously to sleep in her office overnight. Bruises on her body were consistent with the ones she could have gotten recently while having bone marrow work performed. Another neighbor, Pat Borosky, said Mrs. Wise "looked like she was ill last week."
Law enforcement sources said Mrs. Wise had apparently taken off her clothes after defecating on herself. The office door was locked, Commerce officals said. She reportedly had worked about 14 years for the department's International Trade Administration. She was a secretary in the unit. Anne Luzzato, press secretary for Commerce Secretary Mickey Kantor, said Mrs. Wise was found about 8am by an employee.