"D.C. Madam" Suicide Notes Released

(AP)  The so-called "D.C. Madam" apologized to her mother and sister in suicide notes released Monday, telling them she couldn't bear going to prison for running an elite Washington prostitution ring and saw killing herself as the only "exit strategy."

"I cannot live the next 6-8 years behind bars for what you and I have come to regard as this 'modern day lynching,' only to come out of prison in my late '50s a broken, penniless and very much alone woman," Deborah Jeane Palfrey wrote in the note to her 76-year-old mother, Blanche.

Palfrey, 52, hanged herself with a nylon rope Thursday in a shed outside her mother's mobile home in the Florida Gulf Coast community of Tarpon Springs, northwest of Tampa. Her mother discovered the body.

Palfrey was convicted last month of running a prostitution service that catered to members of Washington's political elite, including Sen. David Vitter, a Louisiana Republican. She denied her escort service engaged in prostitution, saying that if any of the women engaged in sex acts for money, they did so without her knowledge.

She was free while she awaited sentencing on July 24 and had been staying with her mother.

Her suicide appeared to be premeditated. The note to her mother was dated April 25, nearly a week before she killed herself. Police said the notes were found on a night stand in the bedroom where she'd been staying. One of the notes said, "Do not revive. Do not feed under any circumstances."

In the note to her younger sister, Bobbie, Palfrey expressed her love and told her to "be strong for mom."

"Also, you must comprehend that there was no other way out, i.e., 'exit strategy,' other than the one I have chosen here," she wrote. "Know I am at peace, with complete certainty, I believe Dad is standing watch - prepared to guide me into the light."

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Palfrey's Note To Her Mother
Palfrey's "DNR" Note
Palfrey's Note To Her Sister

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Also Monday, police announced that the medical examiner's office officially ruled Palfrey's death a suicide by hanging. A toxicology report is pending.

Her death last week had sparked widespread Internet chatter among those who speculated that someone killed her to keep her from identifying more prominent clients of the escort service.

"Tarpon Springs Police Department detectives, after following up on several investigative avenues have not discovered any new evidence which would indicate anything other then a suicide by hanging in this case," spokesman Capt. Jeffrey Young said.

Palfrey's mother and sister identified her handwriting in the suicide notes, Young said.

A federal jury convicted Palfrey on April 15 of money laundering, using the mail for illegal purposes and racketeering. Prosecutors said she ran the prostitution service for 13 years.

The trial concluded without revealing many new details about the service or its clients. Vitter was among possible witnesses but did not take the stand.

Palfrey had vowed that she would not go to prison, even telling a Washington writer that she would commit suicide first.

[wrightsdeman]

Paul Wellstone was a jerk who embraced Jesse Jackson''s candidacy for President even though the guy was and is a blatant anti-Semite.

Wellstone''s grovelling to the Left Fascists of the world is not missed by me, that''s for sure.

[swwils]

Think back to the 60''s to a famous blonde actress,that knew way to much about some how profile politicians.She accidentally committed suicide also!

[swwils]

That was just too easy,I believe she was murdered no matter what the police say.She had the goods on some big dogs in D C.,and that isn''t cool.

[lefeaoux]

mrconservatv, you REALLY need meds!

[homespunlady]

Guess it''s a lesson in if you want to be a prostitute and have prostitutes working for you - do it legally.

Become a POLITICIAN and have the LOBBYISTS work for you - LIKE McCain!

[prinzowhales]

This is the same Regime that rubber-stamped the lie that our own President was assassinated by a single lone gunman...but maintained classified files on him that have yet to be released...and blew the huge Warren Report smokescreen....They would murder Ms. Palfrey without a second thought.

[prinzowhales]

Ms. Palfrey had just checked Monday with her condo manager to see that her fees were paid while she was in prison. She was murdered...just as the CIA agent was murdered in Houston by the police.

She spoke about someone following her and a client having a contract out on her. Naturally, CBS keeps quiet about this news...one wonders why they are so desperate to sell suicide...Cheney and McCain were said to be among her customers...need we be surprised that she would be murdered before she wrote her book or revealed her clients?

[mrconservatv]

Government Itself Won''t Swear To Official Theory of 9/11

George Washington''s Blog
Sunday, May 4, 2008

While many people question the government''s conclusions about 9/11, rest assured that the government agencies tasked with investigating 9/11 are confident that the government''s answer to the following questions is correct:

(1) How could a rag-tag bunch of hijackers penetrate the strongest military in history and disable normal defensive procedures?

(2) How could 3 super-strong, over-engineered buildings collapse due to fire, falling at virtually free-fall speed, and exhibiting many other indications normally associated with controlled demolition?

At least the government itself is confident about the answers to these questions, right?

Well, actually:

Bush, Cheney and all other key officials refused to testify under oath, and Bush and Cheney would not even speak to the 9/11 Commission unless they did so together

[mrconservatv]

Everyone knows Cheney believes in the 9/11 fairy tale that''s why he wouldn''t testify under oath or in public, he also refused to has his testimony recorded and blocked calls for an investigation. Cheney believed so much in the 19 hijacker story he told American ha, ha I won''t testify under oath or in public and you can''t record it either.

[mrconservatv]

As Cheney as said many times God DA MMMMMMMM Amerikkka

I WILL NOT TESTIFY UNDER OATH SAID D I C K CHENEY, NOTED- ON HIS SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR BEFORE AND AFTER 9/11 AS WELL HE DIDN''T WANT AN INVESTIGATION HE''S HIDING SOMETHING AND PEOPLE KNOW IT!