Ga. Mayor Dies of Apparent Suicide

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UNION POINT, Ga. (AP) - The mayor of this small town apparently committed suicide Thursday morning, just hours before he was to appear before a grand jury investigating allegations of investment fraud, police said.

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Stewart has been the subject of an ongoing investment-fraud investigation for ``misrepresentations, omissions and fraud'' in the sale of promissory notes, said Kara Sinkule, a spokeswoman with the Georgia Secretary of State's Office.

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Union Point is a town of about 1,700 people located 75 miles east of Atlanta.

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God rest his soul.

Wow.

I pray for his family.

Here's another one:

Mayor, subject of investment-fraud investigation, dies of apparent suicide
By Associated Press
Thursday, May 13, 2004

The mayor of Union Point, Georgia has apparently killed himself just hours before he was to face a grand jury.

The Greene County sheriff says Mayor Ben Stewart called the Union Point police chief and told him he was going to kill himself. Police found Stewart gravely wounded, and he later died at a hospital.

Stewart was to testify before a grand jury investigating allegations of investment fraud stemming from his failed business, Stewart Finance. The Georgia secretary of state's office says the state is attempting to recoup millions for investors.
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On edit:

Story on conditions which entered into the guy's overwhelming problems, as it would seem:

Wednesday, March 31, 2004

Fight sends mayor, others to jail in Greene

By Beth Hatcher
beth.hatcher@onlineathens.com


http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/040104/new_20040401090.shtml