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Suspicious Circumstances Surrounding Conspiracy Theorist's Death
Suspicious circumstances surround the death of conspiracy theorist Patrick Roche, author of the book Elvis Died in a Bathtub.
Roche, 44, was hit by a bus five months ago as he crossed the Kingston Road in London and was killed instantly - or so we have been led to believe.
But new evidence has emerged, from nowhere, that challenges the original coroner's verdict of "accidental death".
On an internet message board, unanswered questions have been raised, casting doubt over the official series of events leading to the death of Roche, who also directed the film The Great Gravity Conspiracy.
First to question the official series of events was a social outcast, known only under the pseudonym of 'gaz4eva', who pointed out on a Roche fan site that there was clearly a "second bus".
"The CCTV footage shows Roche being hit by a bus, however, what it doesn't show is Roche being hit by a second bus - obviously the police are hiding this fact because it was the 526 to Morden," wrote Gaz, adding that the fatal injuries sustained by Roche obviously could not have been caused by just one double-decker bus travelling at 30mph.
In a reply to the message, forum regular 'gigantous23' certified that the bus driver had once taken a trip to Africa. "In December of 1982, Roche's killer was living it up in Namibia, where the government obviously paid him a ransom to take out Roche 24 years later whilst working anonymously in public transport," he wrote.
Gigantous had previously questioned why Roche's body had splattered in the way that it did after being struck by the bus. "Anyone who knows anything about biology knows that human bodies just don't splatter that way," he posted.
In a separate thread, a loser known as 'FOGboy' gave further credence to the mounting suspicion that Roche's death was not all that it seemed. "What about the note found in his jeans pocket?" he asked in a post titled 'the roche conspiracy'.
Fog continued: "It mentions the milk, the eggs, the birthday card; but what about the baked beans? It's a proven fact that Roche's cupboard was devoid of baked beans that day." The internet veteran concludes that the note was obviously a cryptic message, which when deciphered would read: "Namibia wants me dead."
Roche's father had begun the speculation surrounding his son's death in a statement following the coroner's report last week. "He was such a good boy, he always looked both ways before crossing the road," said Roche Snr. "He'd never been run over before; except that time a milk float hit him, oh and when he ran himself over after parking his car on a hill, but other than that, he was so careful."
The distraught Roche Snr, who hadn't seen his son for the last 43 years of his life, continued: "Why was the nearest ambulance so far away? Why did none of the bus passengers have return tickets? And what's with that traffic cone? - I bet those damn Namibians planted it. It's so obvious. They wanted my boy out of the picture so that they could invade Botswana."
