The Lay Conspiracy Theories
This post was published 3 years 4 months 8 days ago and its content may not be valid anymore.It seems that Ken Lay has reached Elvis status on the internet because of his sudden and unexplained death. Blogs, conspiracy theorists and jokesters have floated the idea that the Enron founder’s powerful friends helped him fake his death to escape sentencing in one of the biggest corporate frauds in U.S. history.
Helping to fuel the conspiracy theories was the Lay family’s decision to cremate the body.
One conspiracy theory finds it a little too convenient that former Secretary of State Colin Powell was treated for altitude sickness at the same Aspen hospital where Lay was pronounced dead the day before. Powell was in the resort town to participate in a panel discussion, but the theory purports that he was actually there to bring Lay passports, other ID and an escape plan.
Predictably a website has even devoted to all the Lay conspiracy theorys. At Lays memorial service his lawyer noted “When I read the garbage that’s on the Internet, I’m reminded of the parable of the jackass kicking the dead lion. I think that’s enough said.”
Do you think any of these theories can hold water, or they are just another way to slander the deceased?
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you can fake your own dead, its easy if you have friends, money and a plan, things that mr lay have. We are seeing the born of a new conspiracy theory… cool!
I was wondering how long this would take to get started. -)
When I first blogged about his death, the first thing that came to mind was that he was “faking” his own death. I didn’t go into much detail, but that doesn’t matter.