What's Going on with These Mysterious Deaths?
Forgive me if I think this whole thing in Great Britain is starting to look like an international version of the baptism scene at the end of The Godfather.
From CBS News:
A lawyer says a Russian businessman who has associated with a prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin has died in London. Andrei Borovkov told Russian media outlets on Tuesday that his client, Nikolai Gushkov, has died, but said he was unaware of the time and circumstances. Reports in British and Russian media say Glushkov, who was in his late 60s, was found dead at his home in southwest London. London's Metropolitan Police force says officers are investigating the "unexplained" death of a man found at a house in the New Malden area late Monday. It did not identify him by name. Glushkov was a friend of Boris Berezovsky, a Russian oligarch who died in London in 2013. An inquest failed to determine whether he had killed himself or died from foul play.
I can’t imagine what the British cops must be thinking these days. They might be caught in the middle of an international murder spree. Theresa May, the PM, said as much in Parliament on Monday. And another Russian critic of Putin winds up dead across town. The tabloids are going gleefully wild.
And while we’re on the subject of mysterious deaths, we’re learning more and more about the spate of bombings over here in Austin. The connections between the victims are becoming clearer and, with that, the events themselves are becoming uglier. From CNN:
The Washington Post reported that the families of two victims knew each other. House was the stepson of Freddie Dixon, a former pastor at a historic black church in Austin, the Post said. It said Dixon is friends with the grandfather of the second victim, the teenager killed Monday.
If this were a movie, I'd wonder whether or not somebody’s settling all family business. Sadly, it's not.
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