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Friday, May 2, 2008 12:00 AM

What happened to the D.C. Madam?

It was a news story that promised sensation and delivered -- but not in the way anyone thought.

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  • Friday, May 2, 2008 07:49 AM

    I am doubtful . . .

    Strange that she has been quoted by other reporters as saying if she was found dead as a suicide, it would be murder, and that she feared for her life.

    I was fortunate to correspond with her briefly last summer, and the full list of phone calls has yet to be indexed, because they had been scanned from the original paper phone bills, but not converted into text files for cross referencing.

    She seemed overwhelmed by the whole affair, and did not deserve this fate, whatever the truth about her demise is.

    Personally, I am doubtful about her reported means of passing, and I hope there will be more than a cursory investigation, but it IS Florida, after all…

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