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Death of McConnell sister-in-law Angela Chao now 'criminal investigation'
Just the News ^ | 3/1/24 | Joseph Weber

Posted on 03/01/2024 1:53:10 PM PST by CFW

The recent death of American shipping magnate Angela Chao, the sister-in-law of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, is now a "criminal investigation," according to the Texas sheriff's office investigating matter.

Chao, the CEO of the Foremost Group was found dead shortly after midnight on Feb. 11 when pulled from a car that had gone into a pond on a private ranch about 40 miles from the Texas city of Austin, CNBC reported Thursday.

“This incident was not a typical accident,” the Blanco County Sheriff’s Office told state Attorney General Ken Paxton in a letter. “Although the preliminary investigation indicated this was an unfortunate accident, the Sheriff’s Office is still investigating this accident as a criminal matter until they have sufficient evidence to rule out criminal activity."

As a result in the change of status in the case, investigators and state prosecutors reportedly intend to withhold further release of related reports, 911 logs, audio and video evidence and other related material.

(Excerpt) Read more at justthenews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Kentucky; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: angelachao; chao; chaocrimefamily; corruption; elainechao; foremostgroup; government; jimbreyer; kentucky; mcconnell; mcconnellsil; mcconnellwife; mitchmcconnell; texas
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To: Elsie

Memory and hard drive components could be read after drying out.


81 posted on 03/02/2024 1:54:03 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (We used to be a Republic, we are now a Fascist Klepto-Thugocracy.)
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To: Labyrinthos

Think about how many people you know who died under strange circumstances. Do you know 50 or 100? Hillary and Barry do.


82 posted on 03/02/2024 4:09:14 PM PST by ladyjane
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To: hecticskeptic

More airstrip data

https://adds-faa.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/4d8fa46181aa470d809776c57a8ab1f6_0/explore?location=30.216392%2C-98.301466%2C13.98

Hanger is 170*94 -— was built between 1/1997 and 2002
South end has garage 40*36 and an office(?) 40*58
North end has a lower leanto(?)20*80

Runway built between 1-1997 and 12-1997
Hanger built between 12-1997 and 12-2002

Putting green installed between 8-2020 and 1-2022
Housing area got a major upgrade during that time period as well.


83 posted on 03/02/2024 9:53:43 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: ifinnegan

yes


84 posted on 03/02/2024 10:17:16 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: hecticskeptic

Data from blanco county TX GIS files

BIS Consulting Web App (bisclient.com)

 


 

Parcels: JWJC RANCH LP
View More Property Information 

Click Here for GIS Shapefile Data 

Property Information

Property ID: 10228

Legal Acreage: 269.40

GEO ID: 26870790000502001

Legal Description: ABS A0421 SURVEY 403 WILLIAMS & MC KINNEY,ACRES 269.4

Tract or Lot:

Abstract Subdivision Code: A0421

Block:

Neighborhood Code: 000

School District: SJC

City Limits:
Property Location

Situs Number:

Situs Street Prefix:

Situs Street Name:

Situs Street Sufix:

Situs City:

Situs State:

Situs Zip:
Owner Information

Owner Name: JWJC RANCH LP

Mailing Address: 455 N CITYFRONT PLAZA DR #1730

Mailing Address City: CHICAGO

Mailing Address State: IL

Mailing Address Zip: 60611
Deed Information

Deed Sequence: 0

Deed Date: 11/20/2020

Deed Volume:

Deed Page:

Deed Number: 204885


 


 

Selecting the surrounding property(s) indicates that JWJC or Owner Name: FLORENCE PROPERTY HOLDINGS LLC

have title to this area of texas

 

 

 

 


85 posted on 03/02/2024 10:18:19 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: RetiredTexasVet

I doubt that HDs are used much any more, and only if the circuitry had adequate waterproofing could the circuit chips be read.

It does not take much time to electroplate the wiring paths into a damp metalic mush of nothingness..


86 posted on 03/02/2024 10:22:02 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: TLOne

Ah so. Makes perfect sense.


87 posted on 03/02/2024 10:32:15 PM PST by Veto! (FJB Sucks Rocks)
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To: Elsie

Thanks.

What point?


88 posted on 03/02/2024 10:52:32 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ifinnegan
Giving a possible reason for...

“ Supposedly, no one was with her”

89 posted on 03/03/2024 5:20:14 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

Thanks for digging that up... there is some useful information there but lots of blanks and links that don’t work too. I saw the info about the legal acreage being 269.4. The property is likely made up of several parcels that were pieced together. A quick distance check shows that just from the main gate into the property on Schneider Lane to north most point of the airstrip is over 2 1/2 miles (direct line measurement). No doubt the property is irregular in shape but just that measurement alone suggests the overall property is over 1,000 acres.... and it might be much more depending on how far north it goes.


90 posted on 03/03/2024 10:00:20 AM PST by hecticskeptic
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To: Elsie

“ Well, no matter HOW it was ‘spent’, if she brought no one to the party, it’s probably likely she’d leave alone, too.”

I see now.

You’re thinking party, like a New Year’s Eve party.

It’s like Christmas. Family dinner, family together.

That’s why this whole thing is strange.


91 posted on 03/03/2024 12:43:34 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: mass55th

Supposedly, no one was with her, and there were no witnesses to the incident.
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I had not heard that before that she was there alone... where did you get that information from? Since emergency services were there within say 10 minutes of the call, that would seem to suggest that Angela Chao made the call to them herself if no one else was there. None of that has been disclosed as far as I’m aware.

Kyle Bass is the one who said on X shortly after her death that the car went violently backwards into the pond and that it was on video. What he did not say was how he was privy to that information but regardless, it doesn’t sound possible he would know anything unless there was someone on the property who witnessed it and disclosed that information.


92 posted on 03/03/2024 1:18:55 PM PST by hecticskeptic
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To: hecticskeptic
"I had not heard that before that she was there alone... where did you get that information from?"

Nobody else has been named as being present at the time of the accident. No information has been forthcoming as to what time her vehicle was discovered in the pond, or who reported it. Nor has any time been given as to when she left the property she was visiting, and no speculation at to the time her car had gone into the pond. Rescue crews were at the scene, and recorded pulling her from the vehicle at 12:56 a.m. It has been reported that she drown from being submerged.

It was reported that she was in a remote area of the property, which which is part of a ranch "owned by a corporation connected to her husband, Jim Breyer." No reason has been given why she was even there at that time, or whatever time she first arrived at the property, or left. I doubt she'd have been on the property without having visited the house that is there. And no word who she met with at the home, or if anyone else was even there.

The whole thing has been pretty hushed-up. Sheriff's Department has said they do not want to release too much info due to their conducting what could be a criminal investigation.

"Since emergency services were there within say 10 minutes of the call, that would seem to suggest that Angela Chao made the call to them herself..."

If that's the case, why haven't they reported that?

I have my doubts of the car being filmed by someone going into the pond. As I said, the area where the pond is, has been reported to be in a remote area of the property.

93 posted on 03/03/2024 3:09:57 PM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: mass55th

Nobody is going to argue that it is all very strange and there is very little that has been formally released by the sheriff. Up until the news that this has been turned into a criminal investigation, there is nothing that I recall being released as to why they have not put the details out there. Does the fact it is a criminal investigation provide adequate explanation for the silence? Perhaps it does....

So the statement that she was there alone... that is somebody’s pure speculation and is not supported by anything. Ditto for the statement about the pond being on a ‘remote part of the property’. There is nothing that supports that. By the way, I’ve been following this case fairly closely and that is the first time I’ve heard that one. No information has been released as to which pond so anything about that is speculation.

“No reason has been given why she was even there... And no word who she met with at the home. Etc.” That’s very strange wording when referring to someone own home.... Why would that even be a question?

“I have my doubts of the car being filmed by someone going into the pond.” Again, more pure speculation... no one said anything about it ‘being filmed by someone’. What Kyle Bass said is that ‘there is video of it entering the pond’... he did not say anything about it ‘being filmed by someone’. There is a big difference... Rich people have lots of cameras and surveillance equipment and no doubt the Tesla itself has cameras. There may be other ways the video could have been taken as well.

It would be real helpful if folks just stuck to facts and when speculating, say it is speculation and what the evidence is for why speculating in a particular way....


94 posted on 03/03/2024 4:27:46 PM PST by hecticskeptic
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To: hecticskeptic
"What Kyle Bass said is that ‘there is video of it entering the pond’.."

Unless the car itself filmed itself while it was entering the pond, I have no clue as to how the incident would be filmed. Do you?

95 posted on 03/03/2024 4:40:38 PM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: mass55th

I think that the most obvious answer to that would be if there were surveillance cameras that captured it. However, that does raise other questions... How did Kyle Bass know this? He ‘seemed to insinuate that he saw it’ because he added details to it... how would that be possible? This too is all part of the endless questions about this.


96 posted on 03/03/2024 4:45:41 PM PST by hecticskeptic
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To: hecticskeptic
This is the only thing I could find on Bass's comments on the accident:

Tesla Hacked? Kyle Bass Raises Questions On CCP-Linked Angela Chao’s Death

Hadn't heard this until I read the article: "Her husband, Jim Breyer, a prominent venture capitalist with investments in China, recently announced a hiatus from investing in Chinese tech companies following his firm’s designation as a ‘Chinese military company’ by the U.S. Department of Defense. Chao’s own company, China Shipbuilding Corporation, faced sanctions from the Biden administration, further adding to the complex web of connections surrounding her untimely demise."

Apparently the list was updated on January 31, 2024, but Bass didn't mention what specific Chinese company/companies that Breyer had invested in.

97 posted on 03/03/2024 5:14:22 PM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: mass55th

Breyer made the comment about ‘pausing investments in China’ on January 18 during the Davos conference but as I understand this interview, he is just continuing what he’s been doing for a while. The China question comes up in this short interview at the 4:25 minute mark.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2024-01-18/breyer-capital-ceo-on-investing-in-ai-medical-china-video


98 posted on 03/03/2024 7:45:58 PM PST by hecticskeptic
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To: mass55th

Breyer made the comment about ‘pausing investments in China’ on January 18 during the Davos conference but as I understand this interview, he is just continuing what he’s been doing for a while. The China question comes up in this short interview at the 4:25 minute mark.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2024-01-18/breyer-capital-ceo-on-investing-in-ai-medical-china-video


99 posted on 03/03/2024 7:45:58 PM PST by hecticskeptic
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To: mass55th
... "owned by a corporation connected to her husband, Jim Breyer."...

Who are the major stockholders in this 'Corp.'?

100 posted on 03/03/2024 7:59:00 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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