Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Ex-Wall Street Trader Cyanide Verdict -- Did he, or didn't he ?


According to the NY Post a former Wall Street trader who collapsed in court after being found guilty of arson and later died committed suicide by taking cyanide, according to an autopsy released Friday. The Maricopa County medical examiner's office toxicology tests showed that 53-year-old Michael Marin had the poison in his system. The report also noted an apparent suicide note emailed by Martin shortly before his death and cyanide found in his car afterward.

After he was found guilty of arson in June, Marin put his head in his hands and appeared to put something in his mouth. He then drank from a sports bottle.

It was a bizarre ending to a case that began in 2009 when he emerged from his burning Phoenix-area mansion in scuba gear.  Prosecutors said he torched his home when he couldn't keep up with the payments. Marin faced seven to 21 years in prison.

Prosecutors painted him as a desperate man who had $50 in his bank account in July 2009, down from $900,000 a year earlier. He also had a monthly mortgage payment on the mansion of $17,250 and an upcoming balloon payment of $2.3 million...

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/ex_wall_streeter_took_cyanide_after_qOWAABdPv1qxewdHIgtFcJ#ixzz22BRUOi6u

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