Canadian Found Dead in Denver (Cyanide)

Nothing to see here folks…just move along…

An Ottawa man whose mysterious death in a Denver hotel room is under investigation by the FBI was diagnosed with schizophrenia three years ago, his family said yesterday.

Preliminary autopsy results show Saleman Abdirahman Dirie, 29, may have died from exposure to cyanide, a rapidly acting chemical described by one expert as “the ideal terrorist weapon.” —-Canwest

Denver? Denver? What’s going to happen in Denver?  The family is already circling the wagons..

In Ottawa, Mr. Dirie’s sister told the Citizen that her brother suffered from mental illness, and she angrily rejected any suggestion that he was tied to terrorism or had any intention of harming Mr. Obama.

“He was not a terrorist,” said the sister, who declined to give her name. “We don’t want to hear that word, it hurts us. It is against our religion.” —-Ottawa Citizen

Update: More on the Story..

They always like to post ranting internet messages…

An online threat posted in July by a man with a similar name warned of death. The blog discussed the killing of Christians in Somalia by Islamists. The person who posted on the blog appeared to condemn Christians.

 ”Having the bible in one hand, and a bread in the other hand, is not a correct thing! Kill Them , Kill them, Kill them, that is my massage (sic),!” read the posting by Abdirahman Dirie on the ‘Solmali’s for Jesus’ Blog.

 It was not clear if Abdirahman Dirie and Saleman Abdirahman Dirie are the same person. —–DenverChannel.com

 Update 2: More on the Story..

Yup… unemployed with no money ending up dead from cyanide in a 5 Star Hotel in Denver.  Again, nothing to see here folks… move along.

Dirie’s journey to the U.S. and his stay in an expensive hotel does not fit the profile of his humble, somewhat reclusive life, Jamal said Thursday.

“People who knew him are shocked,” Jamal said. “He was unemployed; he had no money. Whoever gave him the money for that hotel may have also given him the cyanide.

We need to find that person.”

Family members in Canada have told Jamal and reporters that Dirie left Ottawa on Aug. 7, first traveling to Montreal in a rental car. There, it appears he took a bus to Denver, Jamal said.

He had told family members he was traveling to Denver for a vacation.  —– Denver Post

Hmmmm I used to live in Sarnia, Ontario. There was always someone at the bus station downtown turned back at the US border because they could not prove they had a reason to return. Like having a job to go back to!

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