Does Michael Jordan's Alleged Gambling Addiction, His First So-Called Retirement, And His Father's Murder Having Anything To Do With Each Other.

Michael Jordan, aka "The Goat", is known for being the best player in the history of basketball, being as dominant on the offensive end of the court as he was on defense.

When Michael Jordan won his first NBA championship in 1991, his father's arms were draped around his son as Michael wept as he hugged the Larry O’Brien trophy.

In 1992, after winning his second championship, Jordan was called to testify in the criminal trial of James Bouler to explain why why Bouler, a convicted drug dealer, was in possession of a Jordan-signed personal check for $57,000. Under oath he admitted that it was a payment for on gambling losses for a single weekend.

In 1993, Michael’s gambling habits drew intense scrutiny and James Jordan defended his son and helped mollify Michael’s temporary media boycott. 

On July 22nd, 1993, James Jordan had spent the day at the funeral of a former co-worker in Wilmington, N.C., later visiting with friends. Shortly after midnight, he was in his red Lexus SC400 and headed 3½ hours toward his home in Charlotte. James never made it. His body was identified on August 13th. He was found in Gum Swamp in South Carolina, his dead body draped over a tree limb.

It was later surmised by investigators that James, a little more than an hour into his drive from Wilmington to Charlotte, stopped to nap in his Lexus alongside a highway and was shot in the chest as he slept during a botched robbery. Largely due to calls they’d made from James' car phone, Daniel Green and Larry Demery were later charged with his murder and sentenced to life in prison. 

It seems really cut and dry doesn't it? Well, after you scratch the surface, James' murder isn't quiet what it seems.  

For starters, the place were James decided to pull over and take a nap was just a few hundred yards away from a Quality Inn. There they that had rooms for less than $30 per night. Why didn't James stay at the motel? 

Next, why did his family waited until August 12th to officially report him missing? This was a full three weeks after he had last been seen and seven days after his Lexus had first been found by police.
On the official autopsy report, pathologist Dr. Joel Sexton, concluded that James' death had come from a single .38-caliber gunshot wound to the right side of his chest. Also, the report showed there was no exit wound to James' body. There was also no blood definitively found inside the car. No gunshot residue was found either. 

Despite this, in the prosecution’s version of events, relying almost entirely on Demery’s testimony, maintains that James' was shot through the heart at close range while sitting in the driver’s seat of his Lexus. 

This brings use to the shirt James' was wearing. The autopsy states, “There is no hole in the shirt at that point. Directly below that location in the lower abdominal region are three holes that would line up with the hole in the chest if the shirt were pulled up approximately one foot.”

There was an unusual chain of custody with the shirt. Immediately after the autopsy, Sexton gave it to an agent in the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. That agent then passed the shirt on to an employee of a company that provided services for funeral homes. That employee turned James' shirt over to a superior who buried it in a bag outside the company’s warehouse due to it's stench. After the shirt was dug up and later transported to the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigations, the bullet hole in the chest was found.

Now let's talk about a particular phone call made from James' phone after he had been murdered and his car stolen. On July 23rd, 1993, at 10:36 a.m., there was the phone call made from the cellular phone inside James Jordan’s Lexus to a number in Pembroke, N.C. That number was registered to a man named Hubert Larry Deese. 

Deese was a co-worker of Demery at Crestline Mobile Homes, a trailer manufacturing company less than a mile from the swamp where James' body was discovered. 

Deese also was a drug trafficker who wound up being arrested in February 1994 and linked to a Colombian cocaine pipeline that had connections in New York and Lumberton, N.C. He later was sentenced to 10 years after pleading guilty to a single trafficking count. 

Deese is the biological son of Hubert Stone, the Robeson County sheriff whose office oversaw the Jordan murder investigation. He was also a friend of Mark Locklear, one of the lead detectives on the case. There is no documentation that authorities ever formally questioned Deese.

Daniel Green alleges that at the time of the murder, Demery was working as a “mule” in a Lumberton drug network where Deese was near the top of the totem pole. Green insists it was Demery who called Deese on the first full morning after James' murder.  He also insists that he never killed James', but instead helped dispose of the body and stole some valuables from James and his car. 

Green tried to get his case retried and his defense motion contended, “that Demery, Deese or someone else involved in a drug transaction encountered Jordan in the parking lot and mistook him for someone connected with the drug deal, leading to the killing of Mr. Jordan by Demery, Deese, or someone meeting them there.”

In April 1995, 21 months after Jordan was shot and killed, Demery agreed to a plea deal, accepting his own murder conviction, hoping for leniency during sentencing and agreeing to testify against Green. Demery testified, that along with Green, they decided to commit a robbery near I-95 and U.S. 74 in the middle of the night near a Quality Inn. They hoped that there they would run into unsuspecting tourists. While preparing for their crime, they noticed James' red Lexus parked on a gravel strip just off U.S. 74. Demery then testified that Green wanted the Lexus, so they hatched a scheme to wake the driver, to hold him at gunpoint and tell him to drive to a bridge near Green’s home. 

Once there, Demery said, he and Green planned to bind their victim with duct tape and leave him by the roadside as they stole his Lexus. According to Demery, the plan hit a snag when James' began to wake as Green pointed his gun through the open passenger-side window. Allegedly, without warning Green fired.

Green's attorney contended that ballistic tests never matched the bullet that killed James with the .38-caliber Smith & Wesson that Green possessed.  His attorney also claims that Demery’s accounts of what happened, not just on the night in question but at the exact moment of the murder, changed significantly over time.

In the handwritten confession Demery signed at the time of his arrest, he stated he had left the intersection of I-95 and U.S. 74 before Green ever approached James' vehicle. Demery maintained he had driven back to Green’s house, then walked to a nearby bridge when Green drove up in the Lexus with James' dead body pushed into the passenger’s seat.

Nearly two years later, shortly after accepting his plea agreement, Demery offered a statement asserting he was running away from the Lexus and toward his own car and was about 60 feet from Jordan’s vehicle when Green fired the gun.

On the witness stand, it was a different story again when Demery testified that he was beside the Lexus when James was shot. 

Jurors in Green's trial acknowledged that they did not find beyond a reasonable doubt that Green killed, attempted to kill or intended to kill James Jordan. That, Green’s lawyers assert, is proof the jury did not find Demery credible.

Connee Brayboy had spoken with Demery at the Robeson County Jail shortly after his 1993 arrest. She signed an affidavit stating that, “Mr. Demery stated to me that he was the person who had shot and killed Mr. James Jordan. … Larry Demery told me that he killed Mr. Jordan because he had witnessed a drug transaction. Larry Demery stated that the murder had taken place outside and not inside of Mr. Jordan’s Lexus, as he later claimed at Daniel Green’s 1996 trial.”

Judge Winston Gilchrist informed lawyers in March of this year, that he would deny Daniel Green's request for an evidentiary hearing that could have led to a new trial.

Did James' death have anything to do with Michael's first so-called retirement? His father always wanted Michael to be a baseball player. Or could his first retirement have been due to a secret suspension due to his gambling?

Michael was spotted in an Atlantic City casino in the early hours on the morning of Game Two of the Eastern Conference Finals. After the Bulls won their third championship, the NBA launched an investigation into Micheal's gambling problems to check whether he had violated any league rules. Then, four months later Michael  suddenly announced that he was retiring from professional basketball. 

At the press conference when he was asked if he would ever return Michael said, " Five years down the road, if the urge comes back, if the Bulls will have me, if David Stern lets me back in the league, I may come back."

Only days after Michael's announcement, the league dropped its investigation, saying he did nothing wrong. 

Was there a secret agreement between Michael and Stern where Michael would temporarily retire instead of a suspension? And why would Michael retire at the height of his game, especially when he was so competitive?

In the book Money Players Days and Nights Inside the New NBA, it states that Richard Equinas said that in March of 1992, he overheard a telephone conversation Michael was having with an unknown person. During the conversation, he heard Michael talking about a betting line. If Jordan was indeed betting on sports, he was breaking a sacred, unwritten rule for all professional athletes, as that is against the integrity of the game.

Michael came back less than two years later and won three more championships with the Bulls before retiring for a second time.

What Happened To 2-Year-Old DeOrr Kunz Jr. Who Went Missing In Timber Creek Campground In 2016?

🐒DeOrr Kunz Jr.🐒

He was an adventurous, blonde-haired, hazel eyed, little boy with an adorable smile. DeOrr Jr. never went anywhere without his blanket or his stuffed monkey.

Timber Creek Campground is the only campground on the west side of the park. Located at 8900 feet along the Colorado River about eight miles north of the Grand Lake entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park. Supposedly there is a mountain pine beetle infestation caused most of the trees to be removed, so there is no shade at campsites. I'm not sure how long ago the infestation happened and how long the trees have been gone for.

This is where 2-year-old DeOrr Kuntz Jr.'s parents, Jessica and DeOrr Kunz Sr. said there son disappeared from in July 10th, 2015. 

DeOrr Jr., Jessica, DeOrr Kunz Sr., Jessica's grandfather, Robert Walton and his friend Issac Wren decided the'd all go camping together. They packed two trucks and headed for Timber Creek Campground, where Robert use to camp in his younger years. When the family arrived to the camping spot, it was late at night on July 9th and everyone went to bed. 

The next day, they all had breakfast and then DeOrr Sr. and Jessica took their son to a store. When they returned Issac wanted to fish by himself, while DeOrr Sr. and Jessica left DeOrr Jr. with his grandpa so they could go exploring. DeOrr Sr. and Jessica didn't make it very far before allegedly coming across some minnows that they thought DeOrr Jr. would love to see and so they turned back around. When DeOrr Sr. came back to get his son, DeOrr Jr. wasn't there. DeOrr Sr. asked Robert where his son was, he said that he last saw his grandson under a tree and thought that the little boy went with his parents.

The family began their search for DeOrr Jr. They all searched up and down the creek and up and around the campsite for 20 minutes with no sign of the little boy. His dad and mom then got in the truck and drove down the road to make a 9-1-1 call.

9-1-1 Operator: "What's the address of your emergency?"

Jessica: "Um, i'm actually camping in Leadore, just outside of Leadore. Um, my two-year-old son, um, we can't find him."

9-1-1 Operator: "How long has he been missing?"

Jessica: "About an hour."

9-1-1 Operator:"An hour?"

Jessica: "Yeah."

9-1-1 Operator: "Jessica?"

Jessica: "Yeah."

9-1-1 Operator: "Ok, what was he wearing?"

Jessica: "Cowboy boots, a blue um pair of pajama pants, and a camo jacket."

9-1-1 Operator: "How tall is he? Hello?"

Jessica: "I, i'm not exactly sure he's about three."

9-1-1 Operator: "Are you there?"

Jessica: "Yeah."

9-1-1 Operator: "Okay."

9-1-1 Operator: "Is your husband calling too?"

Jessica: "all down here where we are camping at and we can't find him at all."

9-1-1 Operator: "Okay, we need you to stay within cell service."

Jessica: "Okay."

9-1-1 Operator: "We've got people on the way."

Jessica: "Thank you."

Search and rescue crews arrived within 12 hours to aide in the search for DeOrr Jr. After two days of searching the search is called off. Then 120 miles from the campground, a cashier at a nearby Wal-mart spotted a man buying boxes of diapers with a blonde haired hazel eyed little boy in tow. The worker called 9-1-1 and reported what he saw. The next day, the police tracked down the man and determined that the boy that had been with him was not DeOrr Jr.

The searched then resumed for DeOrr Jr. and this time focus on nearby Stone Reservoir that sat above the campsite. The water was pretty shallow and dive teams spent days combing every inch. It was discovered that someone not related to the case had dumped human remains there. The FBI then joined the investigation into DeOrr Jr's disappearance.

A month into little DeOrr's disappearance, retired U.S. marshal, announced that he would conduct his own private investigation.

Billboards went up and DeOrr Jr's family did one final search before winter.

The search went cold and DeOrr Jr.'s family gets a letter from the retired U.S. marshal that stated he was withdrawing from his investigation. He said that he felt that the family misrepresented the true facts that could solve the mystery of DeOrr Jr.'s disappearance. The family then hires another private investigator, David Kline.

January 25th, 2017, police announced that Jessica and DeOrr Sr. are now suspects in their son's disappearance. The couple failed their polygraph tests that were administered by the FBI and there was inconsistencies in the various interviews conducted by authorities. 

Jessica and DeOrr Sr., were evicted from their home. David Kline looked through the belongings the couple left behind and noticed matchbox cars that the little boy's parents said were missing. He also found the camo jacket that the parents said that their son was seen in when he disappeared. David Kline came to the same conclusion that the previous private detective did, that Jessica and DeOrr Sr. were lying. David also claimed that Jessica told someone on his team that she knows where little DeOrr's body is, but wouldn't discuss it any further. DeOrr Jr's parents then fired Kline and hired Alan Browning to dispute David's claims. Despite being fired, David then announced that he was still on the case due to an anonymous person who is funding his investigation.

In spring of 2017, once again investigators search once again for clues surrounding little DeOrr's disappearance bared no fruit. Also, Jessica, who was engaged to DeOrr Sr. married another man and DeOrr Sr. accepted a truck driving job in another state. Robert wouldn't speak to anyone about his grandson's disappearance, while Issac claimed he had no idea what happened to DeOrr Jr. Issac was the only one out of the three who's story never wavered.

A year after little DeOrr's disappearance, the authorities have ruled out the possibility that he was attacked by an animal or abducted and now they are leaning towards it to being a homicide. They also are starting to believe that the little boy was never at the campsite.

Fast forward to June 2019, and police taped off the site where the family had camped when DeOrr Jr. allegedly disappeared. Cadaver dogs alert on human remains there, but there is no news as of yet in whether it has to due with little DeOrr. 

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Former United States President George H.W. Bush Was Almost Eaten By Cannibals.

In 1944, then 20-year-old George H.W. Bush and his 8 wing men were on a bombing run over the small island of Chi Chi Jima when they encountered intense anti-aircraft fire over their targets. Bush's airplane was hit by flak before catching fire. He dropped his bomb load over the target, but was forced to abandon his Avenger Torpedo Bomber. Bush parachuted into the water where United States' planes protected him from being captured by Japanese boats. After a few hours, he was pulled out by the United States' submarine, the USS Finback. 

After the war, it was discovered that the captured airmen had been beaten and tortured before being executed. The airmen were beheaded on the orders of Lt Gen. Yoshio Tachibana. That wasn't all,  five of the Navy pilots had their livers and thigh muscles cut out by surgeons and then prepare the meat for Japanese officers. It was prepared with soy sauce and vegetables, then washed down with hot sake.

Tachibana, alongside 11 other Japanese personnel, was tried in August 1946 in relation to the execution of U.S. Navy airmen, and the cannibalism of at least one of them. Because military and international law did not specifically deal with cannibalism, they were tried for murder and "prevention of honorable burial".

This case was investigated in 1947 in a war crimes trial, and of 30 Japanese soldiers prosecuted, five (Maj. Matoba, Gen. Tachibana, Adm. Mori, Capt. Yoshii, and Dr. Teraki) were found guilty. Tachibana was sentenced to death, and hanged.

People That Helped Solve Their Own Murders: #3 Physics Student Mattew Pyke

Mattew Pyke was a modest and easy-going physics student.

In 2008, 20 year old Mattew and his girlfriend, 21 year old Joanna Wilton, were living in Nottingham, United Kingdom. They were gamers and ran a online forum for the game boy series "Advance Wars". On September 9th, Joanna came home from work to find Mattew, stabbed to death. She called the police and when they arrived that discovered "D A V", written in blood on the side of Mattew's computer. Despite Mattew being stabbed over 80 times, he had wrote the name of his killer, David Heiss. 

21 year old German office worker David Heiss met Joanna in 2007 through their forum. He would spent up to 8 hours a day chatting on the forum. David became obsessed with Joanna and sent her emails declaring his infatuation with her. 3 months before the murder, Joanna and Mattew had come home from a vacation to find David waiting for them. David returned a month later, this time the couple was annoyed and sent him on his way and blocked him from the forum. Before he left, David told the couple that they would never be together.

In May of 2009, David was found guilty of Mattew's murder and sentenced to life in prison. He will have to serve at least 18 years for the savage murder.

People That Helped Solve Their Own Murders: #2 Blogger Simon Sek Man Ng

Simon Sek Man Ng was a lonely and dissatisfied immigrant from Hong Kong, living in New York City. He was a gamer and programming student who began blogging on Xanga. He wrote four posts about his programming homework and his love of Warcraft 3 and then forgot about blogging for three years.

During those three years, Simon's parents moved back to Hong Kong, leaving Simon and his sister alone in their Queens apartment. On April 22nd, 2005, 18-year-old Simon returned to blogging and wrote about his struggles.

“Imagine a guy who doesn’t know how to take care of himself and had been relying on others for like 18 years. All of a sudden have to take care of themselves. So its been hell, two meals rarely and one meal a day most likely -_-.”

“Life has been really hard lately, I am still ill and it is zapping my every strength. No money you know, I can ask my sister for some if I wanted. She usually ask me if I need any, but I declined since she doesn’t make much and like to waste money. No smilies today too tired exhausted, when will I recover…”

Simon was depressed and lost weight, he was sick for a whole month. Finally he got out of his funk and he began spending 4 to 8 hours per day studying at the Queen’s College library. He earned two A- grades, one A and one B+ during his first semester in college. 

“It is regretable that I screwed up on the finals, because my laziness kicked in. I really wanted to get 2 A- and 2 A+ and I know I could. Yeah I know I should be happy bout it but I am a greedy person. The reason I have regret is probably because it wasn’t all As. I would have really surprised my parents and makes them happy  (Not that it hasn’t ;P).”

Simon also signed up for a $600 summer science course and aimed to land a job soon. He began blogging more regularly, hoping to keep a record that he could look back on in four years, when he graduated from college.

The following May, he became hooked on Musui’s Story: Autobiography of a Tokugawa Samuari. He planned on picking up other books from his Japanese class’s syllabus to “get started on a reading habit.”

He seemed happier, but his health continued to decline and sap his strength. In an attempt to recover from a “bad throat,” Simon missed classes for three days.

On Thursday, May 12, 2005, he had sat sick at home and blogged through the day when the doorbell rang.

“Today I missed my Japanese class again, since I have gotten a bad throat. I only went to the class once this week, so I am probably so far behind now. I will catch up in the summer tho so no worries hehe. Anyway today has been weird, at 3 some guy ringed the bell. I went down and recognized it was my sister’s former boyfriend. He told me he wants to get his fishing poles back. I told him to wait downstair while I get them for him. While I was searching them, he is already in the house. He is still here right now, smoking, walking all around the house with his shoes on which btw I just washed the floor 2 days ago! Hopefully he will leave soon, oh yeah working on the jap report as we speak!”

Jin Lin, was Simon's sister's ex-boyfriend. Simon then wrote about Jin becoming agitated and Simon just wished that he would leave.

At 5:05 p.m., Simon made his last entry on Xanga. Shortly after, Jin stabbed him repeatedly in the chest and neck with a butcher knife. Simon was bound with duct and masking tape while Lin searched the apartment for cash, but found little to nothing of value.

When Sharon came home at around 9:30 p.m., Jin stabbed her and her brother nearly five dozen times in the neck and body. Simon died in the apartment. Sharon died an hour later in the hospital.

Lin initially denied any wrongdoing, but he confessed once the police found Simon’s blog.

In 2008, Jin Lin was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole.