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Whitewater Body Count

All the President's Men

Actually, many of these people had no connection to Whitewater, but are tied in to other Clinton scandals. Some may really have been suicides.

Dead:
Vince Foster
His 20 July 1993 death was initially ruled a suicide, but is under investigation by Special Prosecutor Starr. There are still a lot of unanswered questions concerning Foster's death.

Luther "Jerry" Parks
In Little Rock on 26 September 1993, Jerry Parks, whose company provided security for Clinton's presidential campaign and transition headquarters, was ambushed and killed by at least three bullets fired at close range from a 9mm semi-automatic pistol as he was driving home.
Now the dead man's son, Gary Parks, charges that his father, who ran American Contract Services Inc., was killed "to save Bill Clinton's political career."

Interviewed in the London Telegraph, the younger Parks said "my dad was working on Clinton's infidelities for about six years, starting in the campaign around 1983," and had compiled two name-and-photo-filled files on Mr. Clinton that he kept hidden in his bedroom.

Shortly before he was killed, Mr. Parks Little Rock home was broken into. Not only were the phone lines severed and security system dismantled, but Jane Parks, Mr. Parks' widow, says the pair of Clinton files turned up missing and "must have been stolen."

(25 March 1994 Washington Times)


Kathy Ferguson and Bill Shelton
Kathy Ferguson, former wife of the Arkansas state trooper that is being sued along with President Clinton for sexual harrasment by Paula Jones died from a gunshot wound to the right temple early Thursday, 12 May 1994. It is currently being investigated as an apparent suicide. She was apparently moving out of her boyfirend's home, as her bags were packed. (AP) Though Kathy was already divorced at the time of the 1991 sexual harrasment incident, she may have been aware of details of her husband's activities at that time, or she may have known of other earlier incidents.
Arkansas police officer Bill Shelton was found dead on the grave of Mrs. Ferguson on 12 June 1994 wiht a suicide note next to the body. A bullet had entered behind his right ear. (The Economist)


Suzanne Coleman
Suzanne had an affair with Clinton when he was Attorney General in Arkansas. On 15 February 1977, she "committed suicide" with a gunshot to the back of the head. No autopsy was performed, and she was seven-and-a-half months pregnant with Clinton's child.

Herschel Firday
On 1 March 1994, he died in a small plane crash. Mr Firday was a member of Clinton's campaign finance committee and head of a large Arkansas law firm. He was landing in a drizzle at dusk at his own airfield.
Dr. Ronald Rogers
On 3 March 1994, Dentist Ronald Rogers, who was about to meet with a British journalist, died in another small plane crash as he flew from Dallas to Denver. The plane reported electrical problems at 22:30 near the Texas-Oklahoma border. It crashed in clear weather 40 miles south of where it dropped off radar.
Jon Walker
On 15 August 1993, Jon Walker died when he fell from the top of the Lincoln Towers building in Arlington, VA. He had been an investigator for the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC). In that capacity in March of 1992, he had contacted the Kansas RTC regional office for information concerning ties between Whitewater, Madison Guaranty, and the Clintons. (The Economist)
Stanley Huggins
On 23 June 1994, he was found dead in Delaware, reportedly from viral pneumonia. He had headed a 1987 examination into Madison Guaranty's loan practices and produced a large report which has not been released. (The Economist)
C. Victor Riser III
The national finance co-chairman of the Clinton for President campaign, C. Victor Riser III, was killed in a plane crash in July 1992.
Paul Tully
The Democratic National Committee policial director, Paul Tully, died from unknown causes in his hotel room in Little Rock in September 1992. No autopsy was performed.
Florence Martin
Ms. Martin was shot three times in the head on Monday, 31 October 1994. All I have about this is from a news post.
Danny Casolaro
Correction: Danny Casolaro was investigating the Justice Department's stealing of PROMIS from INSLA W when he was murdered on 9 August 1991. Apparently some of the more extreme conspiracy theories have the two connected through BCCI and the Contras. [Can anyone tell me why I was told that he was "investigating drug and gun running in Arkansas" and died in July 1992?]

Calvin Walraven
The informant who testified against former Surgeon General Jocelyn Elder's son in a cocaine trafficking trial died of a shotgun wound to the head 10 days after the trial. It was ruled a suicide.
Injured:
L. J. Davis
The reporter who wrote an April 4 article for the New Republic concerning Whitewater was attacked in Arkansas on 14 February 1994, but survived head injuries, though some of his papers concerning his investigation into Whitewater were stolen, including a "list of contacts," and a "critical document." Based on a mysterious phone call he received before the beating, he suspects that his modem transmission of his story was intercepted (ie. that his phone was tapped).
Davis is a contributing editor for Harper's magazine and does free-lance writing for many publications. A transcript of an interview with him was posted to the net.

The article, "The Name of Rose," which provides an excellent overview of politics and corruption in Arkansas is available from the Electronic Newsstand.

Murdoch
A New York Post reporter who was assaulted in Little Rock while he was there collecting information on a story he wrote about Whitewater.
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson is a lawyer who lived next door to Gennifer Flowers in the Quapaw Towers appartment building. On 26 June 1992, he was severly beaten to the point that his splean had to be removed. (The Economist)
Dennis Patrick
After having tens of millions of dollars that he did not own traded through his account at Lasater & Co., he has survived three attempts on his life. He has now spoken to FBI agents and Fiske's taskforce