J. Clifford Baxter
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John Clifford Baxter (September 27, 1958 – January 25, 2002) was a former Enron Corporation executive who resigned in May 2001. He sold a large quantity of Enron stock during the months prior to Enron bankruptcy. Reportedly, Baxter clashed with CEO Jeffrey Skilling over questionable Enron business practices. Before his death, he had agreed to testify before Congress in the Enron case.
Baxter was born in Amityville, New York, and graduated from New York University to join the military, where he became a U.S. Air Force captain from 1980 to 1985. After he left the military, he enrolled at Columbia University, where he received a MBA degree two years later.
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[edit] Alleged suicide
On January 25, 2002, Baxter was found dead in his black Mercedes-Benz in Sugar Land, Texas, shot through the right side of his head with a "Glaser Safety Slug", which at the time was misreported as rat-shot.[1] A revolver was found in his car and a suicide note was found in his wife's car at their home. An autopsy was performed by the Harris County Medical Examiner's Office and the death was initially ruled a suicide; however the death certificate remains unsigned and the case left open.[1]
The autopsy documented shards of glass found in Baxter's right shoulder and small, recent abrasions (contaminated by black material) on his left hand (however the body was delivered without the hands being bagged).[2] The autopsy also noted that the wound to Baxter's head measured 7.2 centimeters in the horizontal direction and 4.5 centimeters in the vertical direction.[2]
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[edit] External links
- BBC profile of J. Clifford Baxter
- http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/04/10/eveningnews/main505845.shtml
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ a b "The Mysterious Death Of An Enron Exec", CBS News, Apr-10-2002.
- ^ a b {{{author}}}, Copy of Baxter Autopsy (with comments), Office of the Medical Examiner of Harris County, 2002-02-15.
