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why would someone kill him over it? what do you think?
most likely he just overstressed because he sold folks a bill of goods
Yup. It seems a lot more likely than solving a problem that we still can't solve, and that might not even be possible, in the 90's.
and now we have AI and even this wondrous wonder of technology can't figure it out.
Not saying that's what happened, but if I ever find myself in a similar situation, I'm faking my death and moving halfway across the world in heartbeat. After I get the money of course
the whole story screams that kind of thing.