-Caveat Lector- Yahoo! News Thursday July 08 08:30 PM EDT On July 3, 1969, just one month after quitting his gig as guitarist for the Rolling Stones, Brian Jones was found drowned in his pool. He was 27. Authorities labeled the death a "misadventure," saying Jones downed a potent cocktail of drugs and booze before he went for his fatal swim. Case closed. Not quite Unsolved Mysteries fodder, right? Not so fast. Thirty years after the musician's death, his onetime girlfriend has broken her silence in a big way, claiming Jones was the victim not of his own excesses but of foul play. In a just-published tome called The Murder of Brian Jones, Anna Wholin says her then-beau had quit his drug habit and cut back on his drinking before he died. Instead of a chemical-induced misadventure, she alleges Jones was offed by one Frank Thorogood in a fight over money. Trouble is, Thorogood, who was doing handywork around Jones' English farmhouse at the time of the Stone's death, isn't around to defend himself--he died five years ago. But before he passed away, it was widely reported that he recorded a deathbed confession wherein he admitted murdering Jones. (Police were unable to substantiate Thorogood's reputed crime, however, and Jones' death is still officially classified as accidental.) Wohlin, who discovered Jones' body in the pool, says she "repressed" the circumstances surrounding his demise and kept the details of the "murder" to herself for three decades. It was only after a recent divorce that she says she finally was ready to tell the world. "I felt that I wanted to tell what really happened, mainly for the sake of his son and his closest friends who also believed that he died when he was on drugs. That wasn't true. I knew what was going on," she tells a newspaper in her native Sweden. About 300 people held a grave-side vigil last weekend to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Jones' passing. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
