Posted on 02/13/2002 9:19:19 AM PST by RCW2001
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:39:36 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The focus of an investigation into a fraudulent driver's license scheme with possible terrorism ties has shifted to the mysterious death of a chief suspect, whose car went up in flames a day before her court hearing.
Katherine Smith, 49, was found burned beyond recognition early Sunday in a car crash that a prosecutor described as "most unusual and suspicious." Her arraignment in federal court was scheduled for Monday.
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Vince Foster, TWA 800, Waco, the whole Clinton administration... need we say more?
Assuming the autopsy can tell us something - and that's asking a great deal, given the corpse's condition and the political intrigue in Memphis - we should be able to find out whether she was already at room temp (or at least unconscious) when the perps poured in the accelerant, lit it, and pushed it into the tree...OR if some kind of remote-detonated fuel bomb was used after they'd aided her path toward the tree.
This particular incident has all the hallmarks of a botched assasination attempt that succeeded despite the stupidity of the perps. They DID succeed in bumping her off. But they did it so poorly that the fact that it was a "hit" was immediately apparent.
That said - for a mere drivers' license scandal, someone wanted this gal dead REALLY BAD.
Michael
Then how do they know it was her?
.........it may take two or three weeks to complete an autopsy and forensic tests on the car.
The country MAY not have that long.
.........investigators found a Sept. 5 visitor's pass for the World Trade Center in his wallet.........authorities learned that Odtllah drove to Memphis from New York City on Sept. 11
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm................
Body from car was defendant in driver's license case, medical examiner rules
Katherine Smith identified through dental records; cause of death pending
By By Bill Dries dries@gomemphis.com
A Memphis woman allegedly at the center of a scheme to sell fraudulent Tennessee driver's licenses has been identified as the person whose burned body was found early Sunday in the wreckage of a car in Fayette County, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Lt. Col. Mark Fagan said Katherine Smith was identified by the Shelby County Medical Examiner's office through dental records. The office also found "evidence of smoke inhalation," Fagan said. This indicates Smith was alive when her car left the road, crossed a ditch and ran into a utility pole.
The Highway Patrol, which is investigating the crash, is awaiting a rule on the cause of death from the medical examiner in Fayette County. Fagan said he did not know when the report would be completed.
They used her dental records according to the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Ever hear of dental records?
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