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Peter Peapell was found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning under his car in his garage — in a space so tight that police said it was physically impossible for him to have positioned himself there, whether or not the garage door was open or closed.
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On a clear morning in March 1987, David Sands is driving to work when he makes an inexplicable sharp U-turn, accelerates to 80 mph down a connector road, and crashes into a deserted restaurant [1] — Carter Roy "David Sands, another Marconi-linked computer scientist, made an inexplicable U-turn on a clear road, floored it to 80 mph, and drove into a…" 12:40 . His car explodes — because it was loaded with two 10-gallon jugs of gasoline that nobody can explain the presence of. He is the third Marconi-linked employee to die suspiciously in a matter of months. Journalists quickly expand the list further. Richard Pugh, a computer warfare systems designer for another defense contractor, is found dead in his home with his legs bound and a plastic bag on his head — officially deemed a sexual experiment gone wrong. Peter Peapell, studying Soviet use of beryllium in atomic reactors, is found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning under his car in a garage space so tight that police say it was physically impossible for him to have gotten there on his own. British MP John Cartwright writes to the Ministry of Defense demanding a formal inquiry. The ministry refuses, with a spokesman conceding the deaths were 'altogether odd' but insisting 'there any relationship stops.'
David Sands, another Marconi-linked computer scientist, made an inexplicable U-turn on a clear road, floored it to 80 mph, and drove into a deserted restaurant. His car exploded — because it had been loaded with two 10-gallon jugs of gasoline nobody could account for.
David Sands made a sudden U-turn, accelerated to 80 mph, and crashed into a deserted restaurant; his car contained two 10-gallon jugs of gasoline and exploded in a fireball.
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