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Traveler Apparently Hangs Self In Janitor's Closet At Newark Airport
NBC ^ | 11:47 am EST February 14, 2005

Posted on 02/14/2005 12:42:44 PM PST by Calpernia

NEWARK, N.J. -- A man arriving from Portugal apparently committed suicide in a janitor's closet at Newark Liberty International Airport.

Authorities said the 39-year-old Maryland man was found by a cleaner Sunday afternoon. The man's name was being withheld while authorities tried to reach relatives.

The man apparently hanged himself between his walk from the plane and the customs checkpoint to re-enter the United States.

Authorities said the man, a U.S. citizen, was scheduled to make a connecting flight to Washington, D.C.

The Essex County Medical Examiner's Office planned to perform an autopsy.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Maryland; US: New Jersey; US: New York
KEYWORDS: hanging; maryland; newark; newarkairport; nj; nlia; ny; outtoftowners; portugal
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To: Calpernia

I tried googling his name and didn't come up with anything.


61 posted on 02/14/2005 2:41:54 PM PST by Velveeta
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To: nyg4168

no sympathy for suiciders - Ever - fricking COWARDS


62 posted on 02/14/2005 2:46:50 PM PST by Southern62
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To: TXBSAFH
"Well, those lay overs can be a killer."

Apparently this was a "hang-over".

(sorry...)

63 posted on 02/14/2005 2:49:47 PM PST by FixitGuy
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To: Palladin
I agree with you, sounds very odd. Was his name "Vito Genovese" or anything like that by chance?
64 posted on 02/14/2005 2:52:23 PM PST by BigBobCA
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To: Calpernia; Velveeta

I followed the link up near the top of the page (somewhere in the 50's). On the sidebar of the site was this story as well:
http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--airline-cocaineri0214feb14,0,265667.story?coll=ny-region-apnewjersey

I'm not suggesting anything here, I just found it interesting that it was on the sidebar of the story we're discussing, that's all. It may be somewhere else out in FR land and I didn't see it.


65 posted on 02/14/2005 3:00:40 PM PST by feefee
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To: jellybean
Well, they do call it a terminal

Ba..Da..Da.. Bing

66 posted on 02/14/2005 3:02:25 PM PST by clamper1797 (This Vietnam Vet ain't Fonda Kerry)
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To: Calpernia

Moral of story: Don't hang around at Newark.


67 posted on 02/14/2005 3:08:18 PM PST by MoochPooch (A righteous person worries about his or her behavior, an extremist about everyone else's.)
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To: Palladin
Very suspicious. IMHO...not a suicide.

Precisely. Why didn't he off himself before he even got on the plane? Or why didn't he wait until he had returned to Maryland?

In the travel time from Lisbon to Newark, what could have changed his state-of-mind?

Why couldn't it have waited until he returned home? Choosing to act within such a limited time frame, between the gate and customs, under a circumstance that could not possibly have been convenient (how does one go about hanging oneself in a janitor's closet?), strongly suggests something is rotten in the state of EWR.

68 posted on 02/14/2005 3:15:19 PM PST by okie01 (A slavering moron and proud member of the lynch mob, cleaning the Augean stables of MSM since 1998.)
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To: Calpernia

Newark Airport is not a nice place. I can understand why someone would want to take the fast way out.


69 posted on 02/14/2005 3:57:07 PM PST by Jeff Gordon (Recall Barbara Boxer)
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To: Cruising Speed

Indeed!


70 posted on 02/14/2005 4:19:41 PM PST by international american (Tagline now fireproof....purchased from "Conspiracy Guy Custom Taglines"LLC)
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To: okie01

Maybe he had just broken up with a fiance in Portugal, or something sad like that.

However, it's such an odd place for a suicide. How did he know the cleaning lady wouldn't come back before he finished the job?

Now, what if...you were an Al Quaeda agent who was supposed to BLOW UP that plane after it left Portugal, and you got cold feet, and you couldn't do it, because you were still halfway human.

Are the Jersey Jihadists at it again?


71 posted on 02/14/2005 7:12:00 PM PST by Palladin (Proud to be a FReeper!)
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To: Calpernia

Someone was waiting for him when he arrived back in the U.S.


72 posted on 02/14/2005 7:23:06 PM PST by philetus (What goes around comes around)
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