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Article: Blagojevich fundraiser dies; suicide suspected
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- Sunday Gazette-Mail
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- September 13, 2009
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CHICAGO - A former chief fundraiser for ousted Illinois Gov. Rod
Blagojevich died Saturday, just days before he was to begin serving
at least eight years in federal prison for fraud that included using
his company's money to pay gambling debts and claiming it as a
business expense.
Christopher G. Kelly, 51, was reportedly found Friday night in a
lumber yard parking lot in Country Club Hills, a town just southwest
of Chicago, where police and the FBI searched for clues Saturday
night, Mayor Dwight Welch said.
He said they were investigating it as a suicide, but were going
to take the investigation "to the highest level we can."
Illinois State Police spokesman Juan Valenzuela told the AP his ...