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Un membre des services de sécurité à l'ONU retrouvé mort au siège des Nations unies
Le mardi 2 décembre 2003
NATIONS UNIES (AP) - Un membre des services de sécurité à l'ONU, Michael Holton, a été retrouvé mort lundi au siège des Nations unies à New York, avec une balle dans la tête, a annoncé le chef de la sécurité à l'ONU.
Michael McCann a précisé lors d'une conférence de presse que cet incident était le premier du genre à se produire au siège de l'ONU.
Selon lui, deux autres membres des services de sécurité ont découvert son corps dans un salon au deuxième étage vers 11h30. Ils avaient été envoyés à la recherche de M. Holton, 41 ans, qui n'était pas revenu à son poste après avoir fait une pause.
Il a été retrouvé dans un salon où les salariés de l'ONU passent souvent leur temps de pause. Il était assis dans une chaise et son revolver était sur une chaise à côté de sa jambe, selon M. McCann.
Interrogé pour savoir s'il s'agissait d'un suicide, ce dernier a répondu que le FBI et la police de New York avaient ouvert une enquête.
Selon une source policière, il s'agirait d'un suicide. Une personne qui a appelé les services d'urgence depuis le bureau des services de sécurité à l'ONU a affirmé qu'un "homme s'était tiré une balle dans la tête", a précisé cette source. AP
Le mardi 2 décembre 2003
NATIONS UNIES (AP) - Un membre des services de sécurité à l'ONU, Michael Holton, a été retrouvé mort lundi au siège des Nations unies à New York, avec une balle dans la tête, a annoncé le chef de la sécurité à l'ONU.
Michael McCann a précisé lors d'une conférence de presse que cet incident était le premier du genre à se produire au siège de l'ONU.
Selon lui, deux autres membres des services de sécurité ont découvert son corps dans un salon au deuxième étage vers 11h30. Ils avaient été envoyés à la recherche de M. Holton, 41 ans, qui n'était pas revenu à son poste après avoir fait une pause.
Il a été retrouvé dans un salon où les salariés de l'ONU passent souvent leur temps de pause. Il était assis dans une chaise et son revolver était sur une chaise à côté de sa jambe, selon M. McCann.
Interrogé pour savoir s'il s'agissait d'un suicide, ce dernier a répondu que le FBI et la police de New York avaient ouvert une enquête.
Selon une source policière, il s'agirait d'un suicide. Une personne qui a appelé les services d'urgence depuis le bureau des services de sécurité à l'ONU a affirmé qu'un "homme s'était tiré une balle dans la tête", a précisé cette source. AP
Source: le nouvel observateur
Alors, est-ce un suicide ou il en savait trop? Si on se fis à un autre site, en anglais cette fois-là, il semblerait que le communiqué original mentionnait que personne n'avait entendu de coup de feu. De plus, sa position et ses blessures ne corresponderaient pas à ce qu'on peut s'attendre lors d'un suicide. Et le pire, si la source anglaise est exacte, c'est qu'il y avait quelqu'un dans la pièce au moment même où ça se serait produit!
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More on the Death of Michael Halton at the UN
This case has become completely strange already. As usual, there are more questions than answers.
When I think of a conventional 9mm shot to the head, that scene is pretty ghastly. However, the article states, "The dead officer seemed to have committed suicide. Blood was spotted in the officer's right ear, leading investigators to believe the fatal shot was to his head."
He seemed to have committed suicide?!
This is interesting. A full velocity (or plus pressure, +P) 9mm jacketed hollow point (JHP) fired at a human skull at point blank range would leave little to the imagination as to the mechanism of death. "Blood spotted on the officer's right ear," is a strange description. There should have been blood everywhere. There should have been an exit wound on the skull, and blood, brain and possibly sections of skull on the walls.
What would explain such a small amount of blood and no exit wound?
Subsonic 9mm is one possible explanation. (I doubt an assassin would use silenced .22 because there is no way that would wash in the pathology report.) A subsonic 9mm fired at point blank range would not leave the skull. Weapons exist that fire subsonic 9mm loads that are almost completely silent. The pathologist would have to know the difference between a full velocity 9mm wound profile and a subsonic 9mm wound profile.
The position of the gun is almost always interesting in these types of cases. The gun should be several feet from the body. The recoil from the blast throws the weapon back and out of the hand of the person pulling the trigger. But not in this case. It wound up wedged between the officer's legs.
I wonder if Halton's weapon was even fired. That's what I'd like to know most of all. Not if a cartridge was missing from the magazine, but if the weapon was actually fired. Is there powder residue on the hand that Michael Halton supposedly used to hold the weapon to his head? Is there singeing on the skull and hair from the muzzle blast? (A silenced weapon contains most of the hot gasses from the muzzle blast.) Is there an impression on the skull from where the muzzle of the weapon made contact? Is that impression consistent with Halton's Glock?
Even if Halton's weapon was fired, how is it possible that nobody else in the area heard the shot!?
Does anyone buy suicide as an explanation for this one?
From the article:
At approximately 11:45am, a room adjacent to the cavernous General Assembly, used for occasional meetings and parties was entered. The room was darkened with curtains drawn. When the room's lights were turned on, the dead officer's body was discovered in a corner at the far end of the room.
Surprisingly, the dead officer had some company.
Only a few feet away, was another U.N. security officer who had decided to take a brief nap, apparently not knowing the officer seated nearby was dead.
Officers on the scene were puzzled by what they saw next... The dead officer seemed to have committed suicide. Blood was spotted in the officer's right ear, leading investigators to believe the fatal shot was to his head.
However, those on the scene say the officer's head was in a raised, not slouched position, as one might expect in a suicide.
The officer's gun was also found wedged between his legs.
Nobody heard any shots fired.
This case has become completely strange already. As usual, there are more questions than answers.
When I think of a conventional 9mm shot to the head, that scene is pretty ghastly. However, the article states, "The dead officer seemed to have committed suicide. Blood was spotted in the officer's right ear, leading investigators to believe the fatal shot was to his head."
He seemed to have committed suicide?!
This is interesting. A full velocity (or plus pressure, +P) 9mm jacketed hollow point (JHP) fired at a human skull at point blank range would leave little to the imagination as to the mechanism of death. "Blood spotted on the officer's right ear," is a strange description. There should have been blood everywhere. There should have been an exit wound on the skull, and blood, brain and possibly sections of skull on the walls.
What would explain such a small amount of blood and no exit wound?
Subsonic 9mm is one possible explanation. (I doubt an assassin would use silenced .22 because there is no way that would wash in the pathology report.) A subsonic 9mm fired at point blank range would not leave the skull. Weapons exist that fire subsonic 9mm loads that are almost completely silent. The pathologist would have to know the difference between a full velocity 9mm wound profile and a subsonic 9mm wound profile.
The position of the gun is almost always interesting in these types of cases. The gun should be several feet from the body. The recoil from the blast throws the weapon back and out of the hand of the person pulling the trigger. But not in this case. It wound up wedged between the officer's legs.
I wonder if Halton's weapon was even fired. That's what I'd like to know most of all. Not if a cartridge was missing from the magazine, but if the weapon was actually fired. Is there powder residue on the hand that Michael Halton supposedly used to hold the weapon to his head? Is there singeing on the skull and hair from the muzzle blast? (A silenced weapon contains most of the hot gasses from the muzzle blast.) Is there an impression on the skull from where the muzzle of the weapon made contact? Is that impression consistent with Halton's Glock?
Even if Halton's weapon was fired, how is it possible that nobody else in the area heard the shot!?
Does anyone buy suicide as an explanation for this one?
From the article:
At approximately 11:45am, a room adjacent to the cavernous General Assembly, used for occasional meetings and parties was entered. The room was darkened with curtains drawn. When the room's lights were turned on, the dead officer's body was discovered in a corner at the far end of the room.
Surprisingly, the dead officer had some company.
Only a few feet away, was another U.N. security officer who had decided to take a brief nap, apparently not knowing the officer seated nearby was dead.
Officers on the scene were puzzled by what they saw next... The dead officer seemed to have committed suicide. Blood was spotted in the officer's right ear, leading investigators to believe the fatal shot was to his head.
However, those on the scene say the officer's head was in a raised, not slouched position, as one might expect in a suicide.
The officer's gun was also found wedged between his legs.
Nobody heard any shots fired.
Source: cryptogon
Sur un autre site (ici...), on mentionne expréssément qu'il n'y a pas eu de témoin. Holton n'était qu'un gardien de sécurité pourtant, ce qui rend la chose encore plus étrange. D'autant plus qu'il n'avait démontré aucun signe de détresse psychologique, rien qui aurait pu laisser croire à un suicide. Aurait-il entendu une conversation qu'il ne fallait pas? Encore une fois, il sera difficile de savoir la vérité...
