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To: Velveeta; feefee

Velveeta found an update:

NEWARK, N.J. -- A passenger who had just flown in from Portugal was found hanged in a janitor's closet at Newark Liberty International Airport, authorities said.

The death of Anandio Da Conceicao was ruled a suicide by the state medical examiner, said John Hagerty, a spokesman for the state Division of Criminal Justice.

Da Conceicao, 39, of Silver Spring, Md., entered the closet in Terminal C about an hour after landing from Lisbon on Continental Airlines flight 65 at 12:24 p.m. Sunday, said Lou Martinez, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the airport.

The closet was temporarily unlocked while a cleaner was nearby, he said. When she returned, she found the man hanging on a makeshift noose, Martinez said.

She summoned agents of Customs and Border Protection, who were unable to revive the man, said agency spokeswoman Janet Rapaport.

Da Conceicao, a U.S. citizen originally from Portugal, had not yet reached the customs checkpoint, and was scheduled to catch a connecting flight to Washington, D.C., Martinez said.


58 posted on 02/14/2005 2:25:12 PM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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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: 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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