Escalator Fall Kills Hedge Fund Manager
September 28th, 2009Via: NBC News:
A hedge fund executive died early Sunday morning after falling three floors from an escalator at The Pier Shops at Caesars, according to police.
Atlantic City police said James Vellanti, 40, fell from the third to the first floor. Vellanti lived in Clinton, Hunterdon County and was Chief Operating Officer for the hedge fund JNF Asset Management, LLC in New York. His LinkedIn profile says he went to West Chester University in the 1980s.
This is the second incident at The Pier. In August, Frank Gilbert, of Galloway Township, plunged about 40 feet and died of head injuries. Witness said Gilbert, 25, sat on the moving handrail and fell backward, according to Press of Atlantic City.
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Funny how they’re so anxious to point out that it’s happened before.
Note that the comment, “Witness said Gilbert, 25, sat on the moving handrail and fell backward”, refers to the previous victim, not the current one. There’s no report regarding how Vellanti managed to fall over.
“Coincidence?”, indeed.
According to some leaked manual, maneuvering someone to their death from a high place is actually a preferred method of covert, plausibly deniable assassination. It requires no special weapons pointing at culpability, and the assassin can feign concern as a bystander if others are present.
“Some leaked manual” means “A Study of Assassination.”
Context:
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB4/
Transcription:
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB4/ciaguat2.html
2. Accidents.
For secret assassination, either simple or chase, the contrived accident is the most effective technique. When successfully executed, it causes little excitement and is only casually investigated.
The most efficient accident, in simple assassination, is a fall of 75 feet or more onto a hard surface. Elevator shafts, stair wells, unscreened windows and bridges will serve. Bridge falls into water are not reliable. In simple cases a private meeting with the subject may be arranged at a properly-cased location. The act may be executed by sudden, vigorous [excised] of the ankles, tipping the subject over the edge. If the assassin immediately sets up an outcry, playing the “horrified witness”, no alibi or surreptitious withdrawal is necessary. In chase cases it will usually be necessary to stun or drug the subject before dropping him. Care is required to insure that no wound or condition not attributable to the fall is discernible after death.
Falls into the sea or swiftly flowing rivers may suffice if the subject cannot swim. It will be more reliable if the assassin can arrange to attempt rescue, as he can thus be sure of the subject’s death and at the same time establish a workable alibi.
If the subject’s personal habits make it feasible, alcohol may be used [2 words excised] to prepare him for a contrived accident of any kind.
Costas Tsalikidis, the Greek telco whistleblower who was found hanged. Adamo Bove head of security at Telecom Italia who exposed the CIA renditions via cell phones ‘fell’ to his death.
Deborah Jeane Palfrey, the D.C. Madam was found hanged.
Somebody is cleaning up again …
Thanks for posting that, Kevin.