A mass grave containing the remains of 54 dismembered skeletons, and 51 skulls in a pile were discovered in June of 2009 when archaeologists excavating in preparation for the anticipated Weymouth Relief Road in the seaside town of Weymouth in Dorset, England. The archaeologists realized that the bones were inside of a pit and whoever buried them had arranged them into specific piles according to body parts. None of the remains show any sign of battle wounds and no clothing or other remnants were found within the pit.The archaeologists discovered that these were remains of Scandinavian Vikings and that the pit was a Roman quarry. It has yet to be determined what exactly happened to the Vikings or why their remains were neatly arranged.
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Saturday, June 29, 2019
A List Of Kings From Another Dimension?
The Sumerian King List
It is an ancient stone tablet in Sumerian writing. It is a list of the kings of ancient southern Iraq and neighboring dynasties. The Sumerian's long dead civilization is one of the oldest on record. Their civilization appeared to have a keen understanding of objects in outer space that can't be seen with the naked eye. It lists historical events which line up with accounts from the Old Testament. The kings seemed to have divine power and many believed that they were gods or multidimensional creatures.
Friday, June 28, 2019
Evil Alien Writing?
Rongorongo
They are a system of glyphs and were discovered in the 19th century on Easter Island. These inscriptions were carved onto two dozen wooden objects with weird shapes of distorted humans with large eyes on the outside of their heads. Some theorize that this shapes depict evil non human creatures. Experts have yet to decipher what the symbols mean due to the fact that when they were found they had been heavily weathered, burned, or otherwise damaged, None of the objects remain on the island. They are all scattered in museums and private collections.
The Underground Labyrinth
The Hypogeum of Ħal Saflieni
It was discovered in 1902 when workers cutting cisterns (water tanks) for a new housing development broke through its roof. It is located in Paola, Malta and dates back at least 4,500 years. The underground labyrinth is made from soft globigerina limestone and consists of three levels.
Upper level- Some of the chambers were used for burial. Remains of more than 7,000 people have been found inside. Some of the skulls have strange elongations and shapes.
Middle level-
The main chamber- its walls are red with clay and it is where the "Sleeping Lady" was discovered. The clay figure thought to represent a mother goddess.
The Oracle Room- It's one of the smallest chambers and has an elaborately painted ceiling, consisting of spirals in red clay with circular spots and spirals. It has been carved to produce echo anomaly.
Decorated Room- It is near the Oracle Room and is a spacious hall, circular, with inward slanting smooth walls, richly decorated in a geometrical pattern of spirals. On the right side wall of the entrance is a image of a human hand carved into the rock.
Holy of Holies- is the center room of the labyrinth and appears to be oriented toward the winter solstice.
It contained no bones or offerings, only water. It is thought that this was the storage area for grain.
Excavations began in November of 1903 by Manuel Magri on behalf of the Museums Committee. Some of the grave goods and human remains, were emptied out and discarded without being properly cataloged. Also, Magri died in 1907 while conducting missionary work in Tunisia and his report on the Hypogeum was lost.
Some say that the labyrinth was built for religious purposes.
Did Natasha Die At Her Owns Hands Or Was Something More Sinister Afoot?
Natasha Roseanna Boykin was born on February 5th, 1985 to Angel King. She was a native of Florida and had resided in St. Augustine since 2003. She was a petite girl just under 5 feet tall. Natasha was very vibrant and bubbly. She loved to spend time with her family and friends. Natasha always wanted to take care of people, but she was also strong willed.
Natasha was working at "Aunt Kate's" Restaurant. One of her close friends had just been killed in Iraq and she was going through a divorce. She had started a relationship with Willis Casey White whom she had met at a skeet shooting club. Their families had revolved in the same social circles. He was 15 years older than Natasha. Supposedly, he told her that they only could go out on certain days of the week, but he also didn't want her seeing anyone else.
Casey was also recently divorced and he claimed he just wanted to move slowly with their relationship. Angel says her daughter was skeptical of his claims and thought that maybe he was seeing someone else. This made Natasha send Casey a text on November 10th, 2009.
It was in the early morning on November 11th, 2009 when Natasha's mother received a tragic call. Natasha's body was found at her boyfriends parents rental detached garage apartment with a single gun shot wound to the chest. The bullet somehow shot through Natasha's breast implant, but didn't leave a hole or a drop of blood on her bra, and went straight through her heart. Natasha's jeans were unzipped, her panties turned inside out.
Police bring people in for questioning to try to find out what transpired leading up to Natasha's death. Natasha's friend, Miranda, tells police that she and Natasha decided to have a girls' night out and hit up a few bars along Jackson Beach. However, it didn't stay a girls night very long. Miranda and Natasha ran into Casey and his friends at a bar called "The Ritz".
Casey was brought in for questioning as well. He stated that he and Natasha had a great time at The Ritz and he'd hope to see her later that night at his house. He said that Natasha left first and then he left two hours later. Casey said that he was expecting to find Natasha curled up in his bed, instead he claims to have found her dead on the floor. The gun that she had allegedly used was was Casey's .357 magnum that he kept by his bed. He said that Natasha was lying on her back with one hand on her chest. Casey says that he didn't touch or move Natasha, but he did pick up the gun and put it back where he says it was supposed to be. He says then he made the call to 911, which was emotionless.
At the crime scene, there is a trail of blood that starts in the bathroom and leads through the house. There are also fresh bruises found on Natasha's forehead, neck and other parts of her body. Natasha had blood on the inside of her pant leg.
Even though Casey says he didn't touch Natasha, police say that it appears she was rolled onto her back after she was shot. Authorities claim that Casey did move the body, but forgot that he did. Police do a gun shot residue test on Natasha and Casey's hands, both come up positive.
In crime scene photos, to some people it appears that Casey has burnt gun powder particles on his forehead and eyebrow, which was never tested. Casey claims that it is dirty or something, probably from the bushes in the driveway.
Some say that in this crime scene picture that it looks like Casey has a gun holster on his ankle.
The autopsy stated that there were almost four pints of blood missing from Natasha's body, but at the crime scene there was only 1/4 of a pint of blood found.
The police and medical examiner come to the official cause of death as suicide and that Natasha's "suicide" text to Casey proves it.
David Hodges had been an investigator for 28 years who had worked hundreds of cases. He says that he has found evidence that cops have ignored, like the fingerprint that was clearly visible on the gun that was lying beside Natasha on the floor, which police never tested.
Hodges also wants to know how Natasha's bra didn't have any bullet holes in it. Police say that the holes in Natasha's shirt matched up wit the trajectory of the bullet and where it was found in the mattress.
Hodges and his team used cellphone tower pings and discovered that Natasha didn't send that "suicide" text while she was at Casey's apartment and that she was on the move at the time. He thinks that someone else sent the text from Natasha's phone.
After Hodges concluded his investigation, he came to the conclusion that Natasha was a victim of murder and not suicide. He believes that Natasha was killed somewhere else and then was taken to Casey's apartment where her death was staged to look like a suicide.
Angel also brought in renowned forensic pathologist, Dr. Jonathan Arden, who had previously worked the Chandra Levy and the D.C. Sniper cases. He said that the "dirt" on Casey's forehead seemed to be stippling, which means that he was at least within two feet of the gun when it was fired.
When Arden looked closely at the pictures of Natasha's shirt he said that it looked like her shirt was bunched up when she was shot. Like maybe there was an altercation going on at the time.
Arden said that there should have been a hole in the back strap of Natasha's bra. He stated that she either wasn't wearing her bra or it had been slid up or was unfastened at the time she was shot and then put on or fastened up later.
Arden also comes to the conclusion that Natasha was murdered. And he thinks that at least her manner of death should be changed to undetermined.
It's a year after Natasha's death and Angel contacts the local sheriff's department and shows them Arden's findings. Then Casey is brought back in for more questioning and they ask him to take a lie detector test. He was asked three questions.
Do you think it was murder or suicide? I think there are some things that don't add up. That doesn't necessarily mean that she was murdered. I do think that at the very least Casey isn't 100 percent truthful of what went on that night. I wish that the particles on Casey's forehead had been tested and a more thorough investigation would have been done. Then one way or the other i think it would be more clear what happened.
Natasha was working at "Aunt Kate's" Restaurant. One of her close friends had just been killed in Iraq and she was going through a divorce. She had started a relationship with Willis Casey White whom she had met at a skeet shooting club. Their families had revolved in the same social circles. He was 15 years older than Natasha. Supposedly, he told her that they only could go out on certain days of the week, but he also didn't want her seeing anyone else.
Casey was also recently divorced and he claimed he just wanted to move slowly with their relationship. Angel says her daughter was skeptical of his claims and thought that maybe he was seeing someone else. This made Natasha send Casey a text on November 10th, 2009.
"I really feel like i have a hole in my heart because of this. I'm sorry i came on too strong, i'm sorry i cared and i'm sorry i wanted to be with you so much. i guess i was wrong and i am sorry. i will not do it."
Casey tells Natasha that he is going out with some buddies and in turn Natasha decides to make plans with one of her friends, Miranda. Before leaving for the night, Natasha says to her mother that she has something she wants to tell her that might make her mad, but she can't tell her right now. She does tell her mother that "You were right, all along."
It was in the early morning on November 11th, 2009 when Natasha's mother received a tragic call. Natasha's body was found at her boyfriends parents rental detached garage apartment with a single gun shot wound to the chest. The bullet somehow shot through Natasha's breast implant, but didn't leave a hole or a drop of blood on her bra, and went straight through her heart. Natasha's jeans were unzipped, her panties turned inside out.
Police bring people in for questioning to try to find out what transpired leading up to Natasha's death. Natasha's friend, Miranda, tells police that she and Natasha decided to have a girls' night out and hit up a few bars along Jackson Beach. However, it didn't stay a girls night very long. Miranda and Natasha ran into Casey and his friends at a bar called "The Ritz".
Casey was brought in for questioning as well. He stated that he and Natasha had a great time at The Ritz and he'd hope to see her later that night at his house. He said that Natasha left first and then he left two hours later. Casey said that he was expecting to find Natasha curled up in his bed, instead he claims to have found her dead on the floor. The gun that she had allegedly used was was Casey's .357 magnum that he kept by his bed. He said that Natasha was lying on her back with one hand on her chest. Casey says that he didn't touch or move Natasha, but he did pick up the gun and put it back where he says it was supposed to be. He says then he made the call to 911, which was emotionless.
At the crime scene, there is a trail of blood that starts in the bathroom and leads through the house. There are also fresh bruises found on Natasha's forehead, neck and other parts of her body. Natasha had blood on the inside of her pant leg.
Even though Casey says he didn't touch Natasha, police say that it appears she was rolled onto her back after she was shot. Authorities claim that Casey did move the body, but forgot that he did. Police do a gun shot residue test on Natasha and Casey's hands, both come up positive.
In crime scene photos, to some people it appears that Casey has burnt gun powder particles on his forehead and eyebrow, which was never tested. Casey claims that it is dirty or something, probably from the bushes in the driveway.
Some say that in this crime scene picture that it looks like Casey has a gun holster on his ankle.
The autopsy stated that there were almost four pints of blood missing from Natasha's body, but at the crime scene there was only 1/4 of a pint of blood found.
The police and medical examiner come to the official cause of death as suicide and that Natasha's "suicide" text to Casey proves it.
"At your apartment and using your gun thanks for keeping it loaded."
This completely stuns family and friends who think that Natasha was murdered. Angel hired private investigator, David Hodges to find out once and for all if Natasha had killed herself or if foul play was involved.David Hodges had been an investigator for 28 years who had worked hundreds of cases. He says that he has found evidence that cops have ignored, like the fingerprint that was clearly visible on the gun that was lying beside Natasha on the floor, which police never tested.
Hodges also wants to know how Natasha's bra didn't have any bullet holes in it. Police say that the holes in Natasha's shirt matched up wit the trajectory of the bullet and where it was found in the mattress.
Hodges and his team used cellphone tower pings and discovered that Natasha didn't send that "suicide" text while she was at Casey's apartment and that she was on the move at the time. He thinks that someone else sent the text from Natasha's phone.
After Hodges concluded his investigation, he came to the conclusion that Natasha was a victim of murder and not suicide. He believes that Natasha was killed somewhere else and then was taken to Casey's apartment where her death was staged to look like a suicide.
Angel also brought in renowned forensic pathologist, Dr. Jonathan Arden, who had previously worked the Chandra Levy and the D.C. Sniper cases. He said that the "dirt" on Casey's forehead seemed to be stippling, which means that he was at least within two feet of the gun when it was fired.
When Arden looked closely at the pictures of Natasha's shirt he said that it looked like her shirt was bunched up when she was shot. Like maybe there was an altercation going on at the time.
Arden said that there should have been a hole in the back strap of Natasha's bra. He stated that she either wasn't wearing her bra or it had been slid up or was unfastened at the time she was shot and then put on or fastened up later.
Arden also comes to the conclusion that Natasha was murdered. And he thinks that at least her manner of death should be changed to undetermined.
It's a year after Natasha's death and Angel contacts the local sheriff's department and shows them Arden's findings. Then Casey is brought back in for more questioning and they ask him to take a lie detector test. He was asked three questions.
"Did you see Natasha shoot herself?"
"Were you there when Natasha shot herself?"
"When Natasha shot herself, were you there?"
To all three questions he answered no. Police say that Casey passed the test.
Angel said that she wasn't surprised that Casey passed, because they asked the wrong questions. That he passed because Natasha didn't shoot herself.
Angel is still seeking justice for Natasha. https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Community/JUSTICEforNATASHA/about/
On a side note, Casey got involved in a relationship with Natasha's best friend. Also, according to Angel, Casey was good friends with the local police.
Thursday, June 27, 2019
Man Kills 21 Of His Co-workers With Poisonous Sandwiches.
A 57 year old German man was sentenced to life in prison for poisoning his colleagues' sandwiches with dangerous heavy metals. 21 of his victims died and two victims have been left with serious kidney damage and a third is in a vegetative state after falling into a coma.
Even though the man refused to speak during his trial and the motive for his actions is still unclear. However, a mental health expert for the prison service told the court that the defendant wanted to see how the poison would affect his colleagues, like a scientist performing tests on a rabbit.
Even though the man refused to speak during his trial and the motive for his actions is still unclear. However, a mental health expert for the prison service told the court that the defendant wanted to see how the poison would affect his colleagues, like a scientist performing tests on a rabbit.
Saturn's Moon Might Hold A Hidden Alien Water World.
Enceladus is Saturn's fifth largest moon. It is mostly covered by fresh, clean ice.
NASA’s Cassini probe sampled a plume of material erupting from Enceladus’s surface and discovered the surface of the moon could be much more hospitable to life than previously believed.
The oceans of the moon has concentrations of carbon dioxide and hydrogen and a Earthlike pH level could provide fuel for living microbes.
Is there an extraterrestrial world hidden below the surface?
The oceans of the moon has concentrations of carbon dioxide and hydrogen and a Earthlike pH level could provide fuel for living microbes.
Is there an extraterrestrial world hidden below the surface?
Kelsey's Body Has Yet To Be Found, But The Trial Against Her Ex Marches On.
In April police ended their two month search at a Colorado landfill for Kelsey Berreth's remains. No trace of Kelsey was found.
Now, with the trial against Kelsey's ex, Patrick Frazee, on the horizon, Krystal Lee Kenny is preparing to testify for the prosecution.
Kelsey Berreth was a 29-year-old flight instructor from Woodland Park, Colorado. She hasn’t been seen in public since Thanksgiving afternoon 2018, when surveillance video captured her with her and Frazee's daughter entering a local market.
Kyrstal Kenney Lee was a nurse and became romantically involved with Frazee prior to Kelsey's disappearance.
Now, with the trial against Kelsey's ex, Patrick Frazee, on the horizon, Krystal Lee Kenny is preparing to testify for the prosecution.
Kelsey Berreth was a 29-year-old flight instructor from Woodland Park, Colorado. She hasn’t been seen in public since Thanksgiving afternoon 2018, when surveillance video captured her with her and Frazee's daughter entering a local market.
Lee told police that Frazee took matters into his own hands. Lee claims that Frazee wrapped a sweater around Kelsey Berreth's head and fatally beat her with a baseball bat at her home on Thanksgiving Day. She says then he allegedly called her to help come clean up the mess and help get ride of the evidence.
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Was Saddam Hussein Really Behind The Bush Assassination Attempt?
On April 13th, 1993, George H. W. Bush was targeted in an assassination plot when he visited Kuwait to commemorate the coalition's victory over Iraq in the Gulf War. This happened 25 months after U.S.-led forces chased Iraqi troops out of Kuwait in the first Gulf War and three months after Bush Sr. surrendered the White House to Bill Clinton.
The terrorists were believed to be working for Saddam Hussein when they smuggled bombs into Kuwait. The plot was foiled when Kuwaiti officials found the bomb and arrested 17 people who were allegedly involved in using a car bomb in an attempt to kill Bush. Two of the suspects, Wali Abdelhadi Ghazali and Raad Abdel-Amir al-Assadi, retracted their confessions at the trial. They claimed that their confessions were extracted by repeated beatings. At the time, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International expressed strong doubts that the trials could be fair, noting that it had received credible reports of severe beatings meted out to defendants accused of capital crimes in Kuwait.
The FBI established that the plot had been directed by the Iraqi Intelligence Service. A Kuwaiti court later convicted all but one of the defendants.
Two months after the attack, then-president Bill Clinton responded by launching a cruise missile attack on an Iraqi intelligence building in Baghdad. The plot was used as one of the justifications for the Iraq Resolution, which authorized the use of the United States Armed Forces against Saddam Hussein's Iraq government in what would be known as Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The day before the strike, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Madeleine Albright went before the Security Council to present evidence of the Iraqi plot.
Then Vice President Al Gore said the attack "was intended to be a proportionate response at the place where this plot" to assassinate Bush "was hatched and implemented"
A closer look at the plot, in light of the findings by the Iraq Survey Group (ISG), the special team of experts that spent 15 months investigating Baghdad's WMD programs, brings forth doubts that Saddam was behind it.
According to the report, Saddam was convinced that the CIA had thoroughly penetrated his regime, even though they hadn't. This led him to believe they would know not only that he had dismantled his WMD, but also would know about his plans for important intelligence operations. So if Saddam thought that the CIA would probably know of the assassination attempt ahead of time, why would he order it in the first place?
Also according to the report, while Saddam derived ''prestige'' from being an enemy of the U.S., he also considered it to be ''equally prestigious for him to be an ally of the United States, and regular entreaties were made during the last decade to explore this alternative''.
''Baghdad offered flexibility on many issues, including offers to assist in the Israel- Palestine conflict. Moreover, in informal discussions, senior officials allowed that, if Iraq had a security relationship with the United States, it might be inclined to dispense with WMD programs and/or ambitions,'' it added.
The report even concluded that Iraq was willing to be Washington's ''best friend".
"Saddam seems to be not a madman, but someone who would understand very well the consequences of an assassination'', notes Gregory Thielmann, a former senior State Department analyst who specialized in Iraq's WMD programs. ''If his top priority was getting the (UN economic) sanctions lifted, then it doesn't follow that he would try to kill the president of the United States.''
The terrorists were believed to be working for Saddam Hussein when they smuggled bombs into Kuwait. The plot was foiled when Kuwaiti officials found the bomb and arrested 17 people who were allegedly involved in using a car bomb in an attempt to kill Bush. Two of the suspects, Wali Abdelhadi Ghazali and Raad Abdel-Amir al-Assadi, retracted their confessions at the trial. They claimed that their confessions were extracted by repeated beatings. At the time, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International expressed strong doubts that the trials could be fair, noting that it had received credible reports of severe beatings meted out to defendants accused of capital crimes in Kuwait.
The FBI established that the plot had been directed by the Iraqi Intelligence Service. A Kuwaiti court later convicted all but one of the defendants.
Two months after the attack, then-president Bill Clinton responded by launching a cruise missile attack on an Iraqi intelligence building in Baghdad. The plot was used as one of the justifications for the Iraq Resolution, which authorized the use of the United States Armed Forces against Saddam Hussein's Iraq government in what would be known as Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The day before the strike, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Madeleine Albright went before the Security Council to present evidence of the Iraqi plot.
Then Vice President Al Gore said the attack "was intended to be a proportionate response at the place where this plot" to assassinate Bush "was hatched and implemented"
A closer look at the plot, in light of the findings by the Iraq Survey Group (ISG), the special team of experts that spent 15 months investigating Baghdad's WMD programs, brings forth doubts that Saddam was behind it.
The report stated that high ranking Iraqis made proposals through intermediaries for dialogue with Washington.
The report even concluded that Iraq was willing to be Washington's ''best friend".
Saddam was bewildered at Bush's and Clinton's lack of interest according to the report.
Honeymoon Horror
George Allen Smith IV
He was born on October 3, 1978 in Glenville, Fairfield County, Connecticut to Maureen and George Smith. He had played football in high school.
He was 26 years-old and with his father, he managed the Cos Cob Liquor Store in Glenville. George was 6’2” tall and a quiet and friendly guy. His caring and compassionate nature, witty sense of humor and zest for life made him someone family and friends loved to be around. His friends from both home and college meant the world to him, and he considered them all to be his family.
George Smith and Jennifer Hagel had been together since June 8th, 2002.
On June 25, 2005, George and Jennifer married at cliff side ceremony in Newport, Rhode Island.
For their honey moon eleven days after they walked down the aisle, they embarked on a romantic 12-day Mediterranean cruise.
On June 25, 2005, George and Jennifer married at cliff side ceremony in Newport, Rhode Island.
For their honey moon eleven days after they walked down the aisle, they embarked on a romantic 12-day Mediterranean cruise.
George and Jennifer, were on their honeymoon in waters between Greece and Turkey on the Royal Caribbean ship "Brilliance of the Seas."
They had a balcony stateroom on the 9th deck of the ship.
On July 4th, 2005, halfway through their honeymoon cruise, they spent the day ashore in Mykonos.
At night, they returned to the ship and changed for dinner. They had a romantic dinner in one of the shipboard restaurants, afterwards they went to the casino to meet up with another couple also on their honeymoon. They also connected with several young men that they had met on the cruise.
There was a rumor on the ship that George was carrying large sums of money, and a report that both George and Jennifer had talked about how people were stuffing cash into their pockets at their wedding. Their was also rumors that they had brought all the money with them on the cruise.
When the casino closed at 2:30 a.m., they moved on with their friends to the disco. They were all drinking heavily, and Jennifer began flirting with other men, including one of the casino staff. At some point, someone brought out a bottle of absinthe.
It was around 3:25 a.m., Jennifer and George got into an argument, and at least three witnesses said that they were both very drunk, and that Jennifer kicked her husband in the groin before walking out of the disco.
Later, Jennifer said that George was mixing alcohol with his prescription medications, Zoloft and Clonazepam.
Around 4 a.m. on July 5th, 2005, passengers heard loud noises, including scuffling and a thud, coming from Smith's cabin and called security. But no cruise line employees entered the cabin or called to determine what was happening.
Cleaning personnel would later find Jennifer unconscious lying in the alcove some 400 feet away from her cabin. Security personnel would then take her by wheelchair back her empty cabin, where the cruise line security personnel put her in bed, turn out the lights, and closed the door.
The ship docked in Kusadasi, Turkey, at 6:14 a.m., and passengers were cleared to go ashore at 6:39 a.m.
Around 8:30 a.m., several passengers on their balconies noticed a large bloodstain on one of the lifeboat canopies.
16 year-old cruise passenger Emilie Rausch took a photograph of the large blood stain, with a hand print off the side of it, on the awning. Blood was also found on the Smiths’ balcony railing, in their cabin, and on the side of the ship.
A search of the ship initially showed three missing passengers: George and Jennifer Smith, and Josh Askin. Jennifer was located in the ship’s spa shortly before 10 a.m., and Josh Askin was also found.
Three officers told Jennifer that George was missing. When questioned, Jennifer said she did not remember anything after leaving the casino until she woke up in their room that morning.
After looking at the electronic trail of their movements and looking at surveillance footage and talking to witnesses, a basic timeline of events were constructed.
3:30 a.m- The disco closed and George and his friends went back to his room. When George realized that Jennifer was not with them, he asked the other men to help him locate her, but they were unable to find her.
4:02 a.m.-They all returned to George’s room where the partying apparently continued.
Between 4:00 and 4:30 a.m.- George’s companions returned to their own room and ordered room service, even taking pictures of the food.
Around 4 a.m.-The passengers in the neighboring rooms, Cletus Hyman, a law enforcement officer and Pat and Greg Lawyer, said they heard what sounded like a loud party and a drinking contest in the Smiths’ room that night.
4:05 a.m.- Mr. Hyman called the Guest Relations desk to complain about the noise. He thought he heard at least one voice out in the corridor, and then what he describes as an argument on the balcony that lasted about a minute, involving three voices.
Around 4:15 a.m.- Mr Hyman heard voices saying “good night” softly and when he looked out his door, he saw three men walking away. Pat and Greg Lawyer who were staying on the other side of the Smiths’ room also called Guest Relations to complain about the noise. They said they heard three male voices talking quietly outside their room and believed two of the men spoke with accents.
Then Smiths’ neighbors heard someone talking in a conversational tone in the Smiths’ room, and sounds like furniture was pushed around and cabinets being opened and closed, as though the room was either being put back in order or searching for something.
Mr. Hyman said there was only one voice speaking, and after about ten minutes, the voice moved to the balcony, where he heard one of the metal balcony chairs being moved. It was quiet for a minute or so, and then he heard what he described as “a horrific thud” coming from the Smiths’ balcony, strong enough that he felt the vibration in his room. He said his first thought was that someone had fallen on the balcony. He did not hear anyone leave through the Smiths’ door, which he normally did.
4:30 a.m- Security personnel finally responded to Mr. Hyman’s call about the loud noise in the neighboring room. Everything by now was quiet. Mr. Lawyer suggested they might want to enter the room because it sounded as though the room was being trashed, but when the security staff knocked and there was no response, they left.
Shortly after 4:30 a.m.- Jennifer was discovered passed out in a corridor on Deck Nine, but on the other side of the ship from her own room. She was too disoriented to find the correct room but was able to tell the staff who she was and her room number. Crew members stayed with Jennifer while two other staff went to her cabin to try to find George.
4:45 a.m.- Unaware of the first visit by security staff just a few minutes earlier, the crew members entered the room around looking for George and found the room empty.
4:57 a.m.-Two security officers and a female crew member took Jennifer by wheelchair back to the Smiths’ cabin and helped her to bed. As they were leaving, Mr. Hyman stuck his head out the door and mentioned that he had heard commotion in the room about an hour earlier. The security personnel said that they had seen nothing amiss and then left.
George was reported missing to the Turkish police. The captain insisted that Jennifer leave the ship in order to undergo a day of interrogation by Turkish officials. Josh Askin, one of the men who had been partying with the Smiths, was also taken ashore to be questioned by police.
6 p.m.- Captain Lachtaridis had the crew wash the bloodstain away and prepared to depart for the ship’s next port of call. When Brilliance of the Seas returned to the Bahamas, the captain filed George’s disappearance a “probable accident.” The Turkish police and Royal Caribbean turned over their findings to the FBI, who didn't board the ship until two days later, including over 100 security tapes from various points on the ship.
The last people that George was seen with were Josh Askin of California and three Russian-Americans, brothers Greg and Zachary Rozenberg and their cousin Rostislav “Rusty” Kofman of Brooklyn. All four men were in their late teens or early twenties. The Turkish police interviewed Askin, but none of the others. When contacted by the FBI, they insisted that they had all left George’s room by 4:15 a.m. and returned to Kofman’s room to order room service. Askin said he returned to his own room around 5:15 a.m. All insist George was alive and well when they left him in his own room.
Jennifer and a crew member stayed with her from the moment she learned that George was missing until she left Turkey to return home.
The Smiths’ room was sealed to preserve a potential crime scene.
January 2006- Royal Caribbean allowed forensic specialist Dr. Henry Lee aboard to collect forensic evidence from the Smiths’ room. He collected samples, photographed the scene and took measurements. However, they wouldn't let him to his experiments involving throwing a dummy off the balcony.
“I have no doubt in my mind whatsoever that my son was murdered on that cruise ship,” explained George’s mother.
“The evidence will be given to a woman whose whereabouts are unknown when George was thrown overboard,” says the Smith family. “A woman who has done everything in her power to stop us from finding out what happened to George on July 5, 2005…”
George's body has never been found.
Did you know that an article about George’s disappearance was deleted from Wikipedia?
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