Did he or didn't he?: Former Bayou head may have committed suicide days before he was to report to prison

Suicide, or did he too flee to Namibia?: Just as Samuel Israel III was to report to prison to serve a 20 year term for bilking hes former investors out of millions, state police are looking into whether the ex-leader of now defunct hedge fund Bayou Management committed suicide.  No body has been found yet but we wonder if a live body just might turn up in that haven favored by fleeing felons (Kobe Alexander, Wesley Snipes), Namibia.  Stay tuned. 

Bruce Cuccia, a state police senior investigator, said Israel's 2006 GMC Envoy sport-utility vehicle was found parked unattended with the keys in the ignition on the Bear Mountain Bridge in Westchester County about 12:30 p.m. EDT Monday. The bridge crosses the Hudson River at one of its deepest points, Cuccia said.

No suicide note was found, but written in the dust or pollen on the hood of the vehicle was, "Suicide is painless," Cuccia said. No body has yet been recovered, Cuccia said.

"We can't say conclusively at this point that he jumped off the bridge," Cuccia said. 

State Police Probing Ex-Bayou Exec's Possible Suicide - DJ Newswires