STORY: "Spies, lies and secrets," the 48 Hours report by Peter Van Sant which was broadcast on October 5, 2013 and is now available on the CBS site along with several fascinating Web features
GIST: The documentary asks whether Shane Todd's death was suicide or murder as it portrays a mother's extraordinary battle to prove her son died an American hero while protecting American secrets.
The entire documentary can be found at:
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50156534n
See the official family website: "What
the parents of Shane Todd did not know was that every shred of evidence
they sent to the Singapore police was used against them in Singapore at
the court hearing Inquiry into the cause of Dr. Todd’s death. The State
engaged five of it’s top lawyers and IME hired five top lawyers to
prove that Dr. Todd committed suicide. The family was told it would be
an open, non-adversarial, fact finding trial, with everyone on the same
side. This could not have been farther from the truth. The truth was
that the only thing these ten lawyers were there to prove was suicide. The
Inquiry included a massive course of cover-up burying the inadequacies
of the investigation and further suppressed the truth at every turn. The
Coroner ruled “suicide” on July 8, 2013. The following is a quote from
Michael Dee an American who lives in Singapore wrote a 10,000 word
analysis of the Coroner’s ruling. “Following
the July 8th release of the Coroner’s Findings [1] on Shane Todd’s
death the Straits Times[1] ran an editorial on July 17th (“Recognizing
the Truth in the Shane Todd Case”). It expressed the view that the
Coroner’s Report puts to rest the controversy over Shane Todd’s death
and criticizes the family for not accepting this report and continuing
to pursue the truth as to the death of their son. However, a reading of
this report raises more questions and highlights more issues and
anomalies than it answers.”
http://www.justice4shanetodd.com/
See the Wikipedia account: "The Todd family's suspicions of foul play stemmed from various pieces of circumstantial evidence. For instance, they alleged that police had failed to properly investigate the scene of the crime, that the police neglected to dust for fingerprints, that the suicide notes ostensibly left by Dr Todd were out of character, that the crime scene did not match the description given by authorities, and that a pathologist in the United States found that his body showed evidence of a struggle, rather than a suicide.[2]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Shane_Todd
PUBLISHER'S NOTE:
See the Wikipedia account: "The Todd family's suspicions of foul play stemmed from various pieces of circumstantial evidence. For instance, they alleged that police had failed to properly investigate the scene of the crime, that the police neglected to dust for fingerprints, that the suicide notes ostensibly left by Dr Todd were out of character, that the crime scene did not match the description given by authorities, and that a pathologist in the United States found that his body showed evidence of a struggle, rather than a suicide.[2]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Shane_Todd
PUBLISHER'S NOTE:
Dear Reader. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog. We are following this case.
I have added a search box for content in this blog which now encompasses several thousand posts. The search box is located near the bottom of the screen just above the list of links. I am confident that this powerful search tool provided by "Blogger" will help our readers and myself get more out of the site.
The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at:
http://www.thestar.com/topic/
Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at:
http://smithforensic.blogspot.
I look foward to hearing from readers at:
hlevy15@gmail.com;
Harold Levy; Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog.
