Man staged own suicide to look like murder, copying CSI plot, police conclude

A 71-year-old man tied a gun to a weather balloon to fake his own murder, police say
Washington Post

The Palm Beach Gardens Police Department’s first homicide investigation of 2018 opened in late January — rather early in the year, considering that Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., is basically a live-in golf course of 50,000 people, where the annual murder count rarely cracks one.

The case proceeded by the books, at first.

Victim: Alan J. Abrahamson. A well-liked man, by the accounts of friends and family. Ostensibly happy, according to the same.

“Alan was an avid golfer, enjoyed traveling and had a zest for life,” per his obituary in the Palm Beach Post. “He woke up each morning with a smile on his face and was adored by all.”

Abrahamson lived in a $900,000 house, inside the gates of an opulent country club, within walking distance to the ocean and whatever amenities a 71-year-old man might avail himself of. He owned the house with his wife, Linda (“soul mates,” as a family friend put it to police). He had children and stepchildren and step-grandchildren. He had no major medical issues that police knew of. No known enemies, either.
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Based on Zillow, his house is worth about $600 - 700k. That wouldn't even buy you a small home in Toronto. (Don't get me wrong, that's still a lot of money for most people, but hardly wealthy.) He would, though, have to come up with the money to pay for the golf club and monthly community fees, but I'm guessing that this man was not 'rich'. Perhaps he was faking being well off and couldn't keep up with the ongoing costs. ...leading to desperation so that their social status wouldn't fall.
 

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