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Article: Banker's death a mystery Cops scan surveillance tapes, report no evidence of break-in
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- December 5, 1999
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The luck that international banker Edmond Safra had nourished so
assiduously ran out Friday. The small blue gems he carried in his
pocket to ward off the evil eye were of no use. The lucky number 5 he
used on his car license plates - EJS 555 - was no protection.
Safra died early Friday in a fire at his luxury duplex apartment
in Monte Carlo, Monaco. His female nurse also died, but his wife and
her granddaughter survived. A male nurse told police that the fire
had been set by two knife-wielding intruders and that he was stabbed
by them in a scuffle.
On Saturday, police analyzed video from surveillance cameras at
the building. They said that so far, there is no evidence to support
the ...