[Archaeus]

(2) He was essentially unemployed since last May.

An unemployed millionaire. Sounds like the best "job" in the world. He had the resources to start his own business and create a job for himself if he chose. Depression and future prosecution are not strong motives for suicide. If they were, prisons would be far less crowded.

A responsible man would cooperate with the investigation and be there for his family. Not snivveling in a Benz with a gun to his head. I'm not convinced

[Wolfstar]

Re the "unemployed" matter, the complete Chronicle article makes it clear that Baxter was looking for a job in the period immediately before his death. It's my understanding that to avoid copyright infringement, FReepers are not supposed to post complete articles, so I "snipped" it. I recommend reading the whole article. It's true that he had supposedly had millions. But it is also true that he was unemployed from the perspective that he wanted a job. And we do not know the state of his finances at his death, other than that his wealth was threatened by lawsuits and other legal proceedings.

[McGavin999]

The one thing that everyone seems to be overlooking is the feeling of guilt he may have felt over so many people losing their life savings. He is said to have been one of the good guys, if that's so, then he would feel guilty that he didn't say or do something that could have stopped the ruination of so many people. He could have been getting phone calls from some of the Enron retirees and employees, it could have really placed a burden on him.

I don't know if he committed suicide or if he was offed because he knew too much, I'm just saying I can understand why he might kill himself.