Darrell MacIntyre
 Darrell MacIntyre  (lawyer) | |
|---|---|
 In 1986 | |
| Born | 1934 |
| Died | December 27, 1986 (Age 52) Los Angeles, USA |
Cause of death | gunshot |
| Victim of | premature death |
Darrell MacIntyre was a US Lawyer found dead in suspicious circumstances after he had been working on the "Iran-Contra" case.
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Career
Darrell MacIntyre's law license was suspended in 1969 for two years as a result of tax non-payment.[1]
He was a senior attorney on the LA staff of Robert Bonner's narcotics division.[2] It was shortly after MacIntyre abruptly gave up an investigation of drug-running Contras with CIA ties that he was found dead in the front seat of his car, apparently the victim of a self-inflicted gunshot to the head.[3]
Death
Darrell MacIntyre's was discovered in his car on a Saturday night in December 1986. Robert Bonner, for whom he was working, said he knew of no connection between MacIntyre's death and the criminal cases (relating to Iran-Contra) on which he had been working.[4] The FBI had no comment to make.[2] MacIntyre's friends and family howver were shocked at the reports of suicide, and - in the words of Gary Webb - "smelled fish".[3]
Appointment of note
On February 28, 1989, Robert Bonner was nominated by US President George H. W. Bush to be a federal judge for California's Central District and on May 11, 1990, Bush nominated him to be Administrator of the DEA.
References
- ↑ https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1720778/state-v-macintyre/?
- ↑ a b http://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/12/28/An-assistant-US-attorney-apparently-committed-suicide-in-a/1335536130000/
- ↑ a b https://www.freezerbox.com/archive/print.php?id=26
- ↑ http://articles.latimes.com/1986-12-30/news/mn-1356_1_pacific-palisades
