Remains found at home of former radio host

Source: Seattle PI

Seattle police are investigating "badly decomposed" human remains found Thursday at the Queen Anne home of former radio talk show host Mike Webb.

Webb, 52, was last seen April 13, according to a missing-person report filed in May. His 10-year stint as a late-night talk show host came to an end in December 2005 when he was fired by KIRO-AM/710 after being charged with insurance fraud.

Seattle police crime scene investigators and homicide detectives were combing the house Webb had rented for 14 years in the 2500 block of Third Avenue West.

Assistant Chief Nick Metz, head of the department's investigations division, said a property manager discovered the body Thursday afternoon.



Read more: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/321748_webb29.html

How does someone die, and rot in their fucking home for 2 and a half months before anyone notices?

Does anybody not MISS this person, and for that matter, wouldn't there be a stench coming from the house by this time??

I never listened to Mike Webb's show, and really don't know anything about the guy, but this just saddens me regardless. Nobody should go like that :(

since mid-May without incident"

http://www.mikewebb.org/audio/MWPEACE01.mp3

he was speaking at a peace rally--the clip is under 8 minutes long

http://mikewebb.org/audio.htm

how sad.

...he was one of the first to speak out for many liberals and as an openly gay man, he spoke for so many outside of his circle of people. While I didn't always agree with him, still, he was a voice in the wilderness for liberal causes when few were speaking out.

This makes me so sad. It sounds like his family was looking for him and could do little to help him. I know what this is about as I also have a loved one who chooses to hang out with shady people and I am just dreading the day I get that same call. Meanwhile I am raising her baby who will never know anyone but me for a mother ...

Cat In Seattle

The identity is unknown right now, so ONE of us is right (though it doesn't have to be murder i reckon)

I'm so sorry he was not found sooner. There were certainly indications he was in there and he really should have been foundsooner. Wonder why they did not go in there until now when there was a missing person report from April 13.
Strange.

AFter the missing persons report was filed, it seems that the first place the cops would go would be his house.

and behind a bunch of bookcases. The miracle is that he was found at all.

Alan Berg
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alan Berg (January, 1934 – June 18, 1984), was a Denver-based, Jewish liberal radio talk show host and former attorney.

<snip>

On June 18, 1984, Alan Berg was shot thirteen times in the driveway of his home next to his Volkswagen Beetle. While no one was ever convicted of Berg's murder, a group called The Order, a white nationalist organization spawned by George Lincoln Rockwell's American Nazi Party, was suspected of being behind it. Ultimately, several members of The Order, most notably the getaway driver, David Lane, were convicted of conspiracy, as well as violations of Berg's civil rights and the RICO statutes. Lane was sentenced to a 190-year consecutive life sentence and died in prison on 28 May 2007.

During the trial, it was revealed that after receiving death threats from The Order, Berg (a gun control proponent) unsuccessfully applied for a handgun permit with Denver Police Chief Ari Zavaras less than a year before his death. <1>

When asked about the assassination, David Lane denied any involvement in Berg's death, but has repeatedly expressed no sorrow over it: "The only thing I have to say about Alan Berg is: regardless of who did it, he has not mouthed his hate whitey propaganda from his 50,000-watt Zionist pulpit for quite a few years."

Actor/writer/director Eric Bogosian adapted the story of Alan Berg's death into a play, which was later adapted into the Oliver Stone-directed 1988 film, Talk Radio. Berg's murder is the basis for Steven Dietz's 1988 play, God's Country, as well as the 1988 film, Betrayed.

His assassination was notably similar to a scene described in the racist novel The Turner Diaries written by white supremacist leader William Luther Pierce under the pseudonym Andrew MacDonald, and first published in 1978, 6 years before Berg's murder. In the book, an unnamed Jewish radio talk show host is shot to death as he steps from his car in his own driveway.

More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Berg


Also:


Stephanie Miller Threatened With Death After Defending Cindy Sheehan On Hannity & Colmes
Reported by Ellen - October 30, 2006 - 66 comments

An unhinged viewer of Hannity & Colmes sent a death threat to Stephanie Miller because of her “top dog” appearance on October 13. Brad Blog has the complete letter from “Sock” Sokolowski, which begins “As with Cindy Sheehan, the best thing that could happen to you would be some WONDERFUL activist sticking an AK-47 up your Glory Holes and sending you into eternity.” Miller confronted Sock Sokolowski on her show this morning. Her blog has the audio. The video of the appearance that sent Sock over the edge is after the jump.

More:
http://www.newshounds.us/2006/10/30/stephanie_miller_threatened_with_death_after_defending_cindy_sheehan_on_hannity_colmes.php


Olbermann's anthrax hoax scare & Keith knocks another BushCo 9/11 lie outta the ball park

A few days ago, info arose about Bill O'Reilly claiming to be on an al Qaeda "hitlist" along w/ Fox News. As lovely as it might be to entertain the thought of Bill O being in an orange jumpsuit w/ a group of masked men standing behind him ready to behead him at any second, the claim was proven to be absolutely 100% false. I guess Bill O's pompous self bloat got in the way of the truth, huh? But then on Weds' Countdown, Keith divulged the awful secrets behind an anthrax hoax in the mail he had to endure at his own home! Why did he divulge the info? B/c the NY Post had already broken the story. What did the NY Post do? Blew it off, made fun of Keith by feminizing him, and completely disobeyed FBI orders to NOT print the info, and went ahead and printed it. Now who among us would NOT be scared shitless to receive a threatening letter (w/ an unknown powder) in our home that stated that the letter and contents were revenge for daring to say what you've been saying on air about Pres Bush after the post 9/11 anthrax scares? I'm sure after Weds' broadcast, Keith might just receive even more scary mail. Keith provides a fierce bitchslapping to the bogus Lying Condi claim that Clinton left BushCo no counterterrorism tools in place and that BushCo did everything to prevent 9/11 and that Clinton did nothing. (For more info on a "Bush did nothing to prevent 9/11 timeline", check this out and for a '99 Wash Post article that praises all of the focus Clinton put on bin Laden, check this out.) If I were Keith, I'd invest in a SERIOUS security system for my home, consider putting in a panic room, and hire a big, beefy, and burly bodyguard.

posted by Tina at 1:17 AM permanent link
http://fuzzyandblue.blogspot.com/2006/09/olbermanns-anthrax-hoax-scare-keith.html

Breaking: Body identified as Mike Webb's

Mike Webb's sister on Friday confirmed to KOMO that the body found under a tarp inside a Queen Anne home is that of the former KIRO radio personality, who had been missing since April. Marian Bagni said Seattle police informed her of the identification earlier in the day.

http://blatherwatch.blogs.com/talk_radio/2007/06/breaking-body-i.html

Source: Associated Press (Via KNDO)

Missing Seattle talk show host reportedly found dead

Associated Press - June 29, 2007 4:35 PM ET

SEATTLE (AP) - KOMO Radio reports that the sister of Seattle talk show host Mike Webb says police told her the body in the crawl space of his home is Webb's.

The body was found yesterday by workers cleaning out the rental home. It was in the crawl space, covered by boxes and a tarp.

Webb had been missing since April after losing his job at KIRO because he was accused of insurance fraud.

Police are investigating the death as suspicious.

Read more: http://www.kndo.com/Global/story.asp?S=6730042

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Update to prior thread:


Remains found at home of former radio host
Topic started by didntvote4shrub on Jun-29-07 02:00 AM (11 replies)
Last modified by Javaman on
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2897925


See also:

Gay Radio Host Found, Dead
Mike Webb Wrapped In Tarp In Own Home



A Seattle coroner positively identified gay activist and radio host Mike Webb’s body. Webb’s landlord discovered the badly decomposed body stuffed n a crawl space. Webb, who first made a radio name for himself covering San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone’s 1978 assassinations, went missing back on April 13th. Some thought maybe Webb ran away.

His last years certainly weren’t his happiest. He reportedly never recovered from his lover’s death a decade ago, nor did he bounce back after being found guilty of insurance fraud, which led to his firing. Webb’s car, however, remained parked in his drive. Certainly suspicious.

A number of people had been in the house since Webb’s disappearance, including his brother and the police.

None of them, however, noticed the body in the basement.

More:
http://www.queerty.com/news/gay-radio-host-found-dead-20070629/

I always listened to his show and was not very happy when they fired him.

At 3:00 there will be a call in show tribute on http://www.gaybc.com/

Today, June 29, from 3 to 5 pm Pacific, 6 to 8 pm Eastern, friends and fans of Mike Webb will convene for a special memorial program live at GAYBC.com. Hosted by Mike’s friend and former colleague, John McMullen, the program will be a tribute to one of the great liberal voices in talk radio, with guests that include friend, colleague and webmaster of MikeWebb.org, Bob Vesely and former Mike Webb Show producer Jeremy Grater. Fans are encouraged to call in and share thoughts and some of the best moments they remember from Mike’s many years on radio.

To access the program, go to http://www.gaybc.com , and click on the audio links beginning today at 3 pm Pacific.

Phone calls to the program will be accepted at (818) 746-3985.



http://mikewebb.org/

I'm listening to the broadcast now. Thanks for posting this.

We also have a thread about this in the Washington forum:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=184x12020

RIP Mike. :(

As reported live on KIRO-AM radio
http://710kiro.com

of your strong liberal voice, standing tall and proud...I toast you tonight
and never will forget your contribution.

Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer

As a radio talk show host, Mike Webb made his name by bringing a righteous, raging passion for politics to his late-night broadcasts.

At 52 years old, Webb met his end at the hands of someone whose rage was broadcast through a blade.

Webb's body was found Thursday hidden in a crawl space of his Queen Anne neighborhood home, and it was identified Friday by the King County Medical Examiner's Office. Though the remains were badly decayed -- Webb had been missing for two months -- investigators were able to determine he'd been stabbed repeatedly by his killer.

Police declined to release many details on the investigation, describing the inquiry as "active and ongoing."


Read more: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/321845_webb30.html

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So, it turns out to be murder, not suicide.

"He said on-air once that he didn’t believe in God. Sadly, I’ll bet he does now"

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858718/posts

actually, sadly for the freeperati, he doesn't believe in anything now, as he is dead.

if there was a God or not. He never said there wasn't - just said, "I don't know. At least I'm being honest".