"We have done several high-profile cases from (miss ing Harvard researcher) Dr. (Don) Wiley to Katherine Smith but there has been no indication that we offended anyone," Smith said.I'm sorry, did I "offend" you by examining the carcasses that remain from the havok you caused mr. criminal??? < /sarcasm >
The attempts are getting rather brazen to take this man down. Someone doesn't want some people to talk.
Of course this could all be a wild "coincidence".
Anyone a "mob buff"? I know that there are people who like to read up on organized crime. I'm just curious if any mobs ever made it a matter of recourse to kill investigative scientiests (genetic scientists, forensic scientists, etc...). I'd think that they would steer clear of this kind of thing. A terrorist cell might have more to protect.
I say this because terrorist cells want to remain invisible so that they can do their damage uninterupted. Organized crime needs to be somewhat public so that they can reach the audience that buys their services (drugs, gambling, murder, prostitution, political influence...). Law enforcement is more likely to look the other way with regards to the actions of an organized crime ring than they are to the actions of a terrorist cell (thus the need to remain invisible).
Memphis is very much an organized crime town, though you'd never know it to read the local papers or watch local TV stations. But both the son of mob financial wizard Meyer Lansky settled here, as did Jimmy Hoffa';s adopted son Chucky English, said to have been one of the last witnesses to see Hoffa at the Detroit northside Macchus Red Fox Restaurant, itself now also hors de combat.
After the death of Newawleans mob boss Carlo Marcello, many of the remaining former Big Easy mob family members drifted off to various corners, including Baton Rouge, Biloxi- and Memphis, some still working in the Marcello family interest, hotelry.
On most Memphis mornings many of *the boys* and their flunkies can be found at a Memphis hotel all-you-can eat buffet brunch, where the topics of the day and some business matters are discussed. But not all of them.
To the uninitiated, their table resembles a Chamber of Commerce meeting. Memphis is just *that way.*
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