Family of doctor found dead in Ozarks lake insists it was not suicide
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작성자Sam 작성일 23-09-08 조회수 11회본문
The family of a doctor found dead in the Ozarks last month has revealed he died by a gunshot to the head - a wound they say was not self-inflicted.
The new detail, offered up by the late physician's brother Tuesday, pertains to the - and comes three weeks after the father-of-eight's dead body was found floating in a lake in .
An affluent man who made a fortune as an early investor in , Forsyth, 49, - sparking a massive search after he failed to report to a shift at his hospital 25 miles away.
Police have since confirmed Forsyth was shot, but have said little else publicly or to Forsyth's family as they continue to probe his death. Three days before he disappeared, he proposed to his pregnant fiancée.
Days before that, he finalized a divorce to his wife - the mother of seven of his eight children.
Forsyth's brother Richard he saw Forsyth days before his disappearance, and that his behavior did not constitute 'the actions of a person who kills himself.'
Richard also claimed his brother was kidnapped and threatened by several assailants last year, in an occurrence he said was 'crypto-related'.
The family of Dr Forsyth was not aware of how the couple met, but a LinkedIn profile belonging to Barnett shows she worked as an ER nurse practitioner at the same hospital
The new detail in the mysterious case was offered up by the late physician's brother Richard Monday - three weeks after the father-of-eight's dead body was found floating in a lake
Police - seen here retrieving the Missouri doctor's body on May 30 - have since confirmed he shot, but have said little else to Forsyth's family as they continue to probe his death
'It is my understanding he was killed by a single gunshot wound to the head, and it was not suicide,' the Missouri man's brother told Fox News Tuesday - after refraining from offering details about the 2022 case out of concern for for his family.
'This was planned.
This was very neatly done, and it is very sinister,'
Not revealing who provided him with the information concerning the fatal gunshot, Richard remained adamant his sibling's death was a homicide, and that the perpetrator - or perpetrators - responsible could still be out there.
'I want to know if my family is in danger.
I want to know if I'm in danger,' Richard said, alleging a second abduction. 'We don't have that information.'
Speaking to the outlet, Richard - who founded the etherium crypto wallet firm OnFo with his brother in 2018 - added that he's learned his brother likely died the same day he vanished from rural Cassville, a town of just 3,100 people.
He went on offer other details he says supports his and his family's claims Forsyth was kidnapped and later killed, such as the fact that his brother and his ex-wife were allegedly on good terms, and their relationship ended roughly two years ago.
The account comes after he revealed to DailyMail.com some of the circumstances surrounding his brother's alleged abduction last year, in early February 2022.
Richard said Forsyth - who allegedly made millions investing in Bitcoin during its early days - was kidnapped but did not report the crime.
He allegedly only told a mutual friend, who then relayed the story to police and the rest of Richard's family after he went missing.
'It was cold.
He was zip-tied. He was made to feel very unsafe and taken on a car ride with some people to a bridge and was threatened,' said Richard.
John said the harrowing ordeal was somehow related to cryptocurrency but did not offer details.
Not revealing who provided him with the information concerning the fatal gunshot, Richard remained adamant his sibling's death was a homicide, and that the perpetrator - or perpetrators - responsible could still be out there, putting him and his family in danger
'He did not file a police report because he believed he was in continued danger,' he added.
Despite the terrifying ordeal, Forsyth never filed a police report.
He further disclaimed that there was no evidence yet linking the 2022 incident with Forsyth's death last month but insisted: 'It stands out very stark in the tableaux of facts that have emerged about the case.'
Meanwhile, the three agencies investigating Forsyth's death - the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the Benton County Sheriff's Office in Arkansas, and the Cassville Police Department - have not commented on the case, aside from saying the 'investigation' is active.
A frustrated Richard told Fox News: 'They said they know a lot more now and are halfway through their investigation. I have no idea what that means.'
Forsyth's body was found near the bank across from the Lost Bridge South area of Beaver Lake, which is about 20 miles south of Cassville, police said
Forsyth is pictured here his pregnant fiancée Laura Barnett. Three days before he disappeared, he proposed.
Days before, he finalized a divorce to his ex- the mother of seven of his children
In an eerie new image his stethoscope can be seen dangling around the rear-view mirror of his Infiniti sedan
An expansive 90-acre search was carried out by the Cassville Police Department soon after, which failed to turn up any results until a kayaker found his body last month
What is known, is that Forsyth was last seen on surveillance footage walking towards an RV he kept in the parking lot of the hospital where he worked at around 7am, and had texted his fiancé to tell her he would see her later.
She replied at 6:59 am, but he never respond. He kept the $260,000 RV in the hospital parking lot so he could sleep in between his lengthy, 12-hour shifts.
That evening, Frothy was due back at the hospital at 7pm, but never showed up.
His other car, a black Infiniti, was later found near a waste facility at a recreation center a mile away, where he is seen on surveillance footage pulling into at around 7:12am
Forsyth's wallet, phone and passport were all left inside, as well as his stethoscope - left dangling from the vehicle's rearview mirror.
In the aforementioned surveillance footage, a white SUV can be seen briefly pulling up alongside the sedan, before departing.
Roughly 15 minutes later, a man cops believe is the doctor is seen in the video walking out of the frame on foot.
He is not seen returning to the car, which remained parked and unlocked when it was found by cops.
Investigators said they recovered a total of four other phones - as well as a computer - from the RV and Infiniti, with detectives telling the family they were able to access all the devices and are about 'halfway' through the investigation.
'It was a Google Pixel 6 Pro and police said it was badly cracked, but I had seen it pristine a few days earlier,' Richard told Fox Tuesday.
When contacted, Barnett and John's ex-wife declined to comment, though his father, Robert Forsyth, previously told Fox his son had 'made some enemies' over the years and 'would imply there are people who don't like what I'm doing.'
When asked about this dynamic, the grandfather refused to elaborate.
At the time of his death many family members did not know Forsyth was .
The doctor had proposed to Barnett, who is reportedly eight months pregnant, just days before he went missing.
The couple worked together at Mercy Hospital, where she is a nurse.
Forsyth vanished on May 21 after leaving Mercy Hospital, Missouri, just ten days after he is said to have divorced his wife
Shortly after he was reported missing, authorities located his black sedan abandoned at the Cassville Aquatic Park in the Ozarks
Sheriff's Divers search Beaver Lake, Arkansas, for clues in the suspected murder of Forsyth
It has since been claimed that the doctor had as many as five cell phones in his vehicle, with his family saying they knew of at least two
His brother explained that Forsyth had kept his relationship with his fiancé secret out of respect for his ex-wife during their divorce - which saw a judge order the doctor to pay about $19,000 a month in alimony and child support.
'I think that both of them were aware of the sensitivity of coming out with such information during a divorce,' Richard told DailyMail.com.
'And they also have their professional lives and reputations, and I think they wanted to handle things appropriately.
'They wanted to try to be as respectful to the communities they belong to as they could. And it's an odd thing to say that we may sometimes show respect by omitting important facts.'
Richard also said that police are treating the death as a homicide, but have not revealed additional details to the family.
Police have not said whether they are treating the death as homicide or a suicide, and have not released the location of the gunshot wound, saying the autopsy results will not be revealed until the investigation is complete.
DailyMail.com has reached out to the Benton County sheriff's office for comment.
The new detail, offered up by the late physician's brother Tuesday, pertains to the - and comes three weeks after the father-of-eight's dead body was found floating in a lake in .
An affluent man who made a fortune as an early investor in , Forsyth, 49, - sparking a massive search after he failed to report to a shift at his hospital 25 miles away.
Police have since confirmed Forsyth was shot, but have said little else publicly or to Forsyth's family as they continue to probe his death. Three days before he disappeared, he proposed to his pregnant fiancée.
Days before that, he finalized a divorce to his wife - the mother of seven of his eight children.
Forsyth's brother Richard he saw Forsyth days before his disappearance, and that his behavior did not constitute 'the actions of a person who kills himself.'
Richard also claimed his brother was kidnapped and threatened by several assailants last year, in an occurrence he said was 'crypto-related'.
The family of Dr Forsyth was not aware of how the couple met, but a LinkedIn profile belonging to Barnett shows she worked as an ER nurse practitioner at the same hospital
The new detail in the mysterious case was offered up by the late physician's brother Richard Monday - three weeks after the father-of-eight's dead body was found floating in a lake
Police - seen here retrieving the Missouri doctor's body on May 30 - have since confirmed he shot, but have said little else to Forsyth's family as they continue to probe his death
'It is my understanding he was killed by a single gunshot wound to the head, and it was not suicide,' the Missouri man's brother told Fox News Tuesday - after refraining from offering details about the 2022 case out of concern for for his family.
'This was planned.
This was very neatly done, and it is very sinister,'
Not revealing who provided him with the information concerning the fatal gunshot, Richard remained adamant his sibling's death was a homicide, and that the perpetrator - or perpetrators - responsible could still be out there.
'I want to know if my family is in danger.
I want to know if I'm in danger,' Richard said, alleging a second abduction. 'We don't have that information.'
Speaking to the outlet, Richard - who founded the etherium crypto wallet firm OnFo with his brother in 2018 - added that he's learned his brother likely died the same day he vanished from rural Cassville, a town of just 3,100 people.
He went on offer other details he says supports his and his family's claims Forsyth was kidnapped and later killed, such as the fact that his brother and his ex-wife were allegedly on good terms, and their relationship ended roughly two years ago.
The account comes after he revealed to DailyMail.com some of the circumstances surrounding his brother's alleged abduction last year, in early February 2022.
Richard said Forsyth - who allegedly made millions investing in Bitcoin during its early days - was kidnapped but did not report the crime.
He allegedly only told a mutual friend, who then relayed the story to police and the rest of Richard's family after he went missing.
'It was cold.
He was zip-tied. He was made to feel very unsafe and taken on a car ride with some people to a bridge and was threatened,' said Richard.
John said the harrowing ordeal was somehow related to cryptocurrency but did not offer details.
Not revealing who provided him with the information concerning the fatal gunshot, Richard remained adamant his sibling's death was a homicide, and that the perpetrator - or perpetrators - responsible could still be out there, putting him and his family in danger
'He did not file a police report because he believed he was in continued danger,' he added.
Despite the terrifying ordeal, Forsyth never filed a police report.
He further disclaimed that there was no evidence yet linking the 2022 incident with Forsyth's death last month but insisted: 'It stands out very stark in the tableaux of facts that have emerged about the case.'
Meanwhile, the three agencies investigating Forsyth's death - the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the Benton County Sheriff's Office in Arkansas, and the Cassville Police Department - have not commented on the case, aside from saying the 'investigation' is active.
A frustrated Richard told Fox News: 'They said they know a lot more now and are halfway through their investigation. I have no idea what that means.'
Forsyth's body was found near the bank across from the Lost Bridge South area of Beaver Lake, which is about 20 miles south of Cassville, police said
Forsyth is pictured here his pregnant fiancée Laura Barnett. Three days before he disappeared, he proposed.
Days before, he finalized a divorce to his ex- the mother of seven of his children
In an eerie new image his stethoscope can be seen dangling around the rear-view mirror of his Infiniti sedan
An expansive 90-acre search was carried out by the Cassville Police Department soon after, which failed to turn up any results until a kayaker found his body last month
What is known, is that Forsyth was last seen on surveillance footage walking towards an RV he kept in the parking lot of the hospital where he worked at around 7am, and had texted his fiancé to tell her he would see her later.
She replied at 6:59 am, but he never respond. He kept the $260,000 RV in the hospital parking lot so he could sleep in between his lengthy, 12-hour shifts.
That evening, Frothy was due back at the hospital at 7pm, but never showed up.
His other car, a black Infiniti, was later found near a waste facility at a recreation center a mile away, where he is seen on surveillance footage pulling into at around 7:12am
Forsyth's wallet, phone and passport were all left inside, as well as his stethoscope - left dangling from the vehicle's rearview mirror.
In the aforementioned surveillance footage, a white SUV can be seen briefly pulling up alongside the sedan, before departing.
Roughly 15 minutes later, a man cops believe is the doctor is seen in the video walking out of the frame on foot.
He is not seen returning to the car, which remained parked and unlocked when it was found by cops.
Investigators said they recovered a total of four other phones - as well as a computer - from the RV and Infiniti, with detectives telling the family they were able to access all the devices and are about 'halfway' through the investigation.
'It was a Google Pixel 6 Pro and police said it was badly cracked, but I had seen it pristine a few days earlier,' Richard told Fox Tuesday.
When contacted, Barnett and John's ex-wife declined to comment, though his father, Robert Forsyth, previously told Fox his son had 'made some enemies' over the years and 'would imply there are people who don't like what I'm doing.'
When asked about this dynamic, the grandfather refused to elaborate.
At the time of his death many family members did not know Forsyth was .
The doctor had proposed to Barnett, who is reportedly eight months pregnant, just days before he went missing.
The couple worked together at Mercy Hospital, where she is a nurse.
Forsyth vanished on May 21 after leaving Mercy Hospital, Missouri, just ten days after he is said to have divorced his wife
Shortly after he was reported missing, authorities located his black sedan abandoned at the Cassville Aquatic Park in the Ozarks
Sheriff's Divers search Beaver Lake, Arkansas, for clues in the suspected murder of Forsyth
It has since been claimed that the doctor had as many as five cell phones in his vehicle, with his family saying they knew of at least two
His brother explained that Forsyth had kept his relationship with his fiancé secret out of respect for his ex-wife during their divorce - which saw a judge order the doctor to pay about $19,000 a month in alimony and child support.
'I think that both of them were aware of the sensitivity of coming out with such information during a divorce,' Richard told DailyMail.com.
'And they also have their professional lives and reputations, and I think they wanted to handle things appropriately.
'They wanted to try to be as respectful to the communities they belong to as they could. And it's an odd thing to say that we may sometimes show respect by omitting important facts.'
Richard also said that police are treating the death as a homicide, but have not revealed additional details to the family.
Police have not said whether they are treating the death as homicide or a suicide, and have not released the location of the gunshot wound, saying the autopsy results will not be revealed until the investigation is complete.
DailyMail.com has reached out to the Benton County sheriff's office for comment.
