These Women Both Hanged Themselves? B*llshit!

• Collateral Damage in the D.C. Madam Case  Like most of us, I chuckled and grinned when the case of the DC madam (Deborah Jeane Palfrey) first broke. A high class call girl service operating in Washington DC? Yeah, I was scandalized ... while waiting for the names to start trickling out. Ms. Palfrey gave her client list to ABC News fully intending to take down the high profile johns with her. Randall L. Tobias, the former CEO of Ely Lilly and top State Department lieutenant to Condi Rice, was the first big fish to be outed. In his capacity as Director of Foreign Assistance, Tobias encouraged sexual abstinence, and discounted the use of condoms, in preventing HIV/AIDS. Wikipedia profile. Later news interest shifted from the johns to the hookers as word leaked that Ms. Palfrey recruited highly educated women of class. Brandy Britton, 43, a former assistant professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (see pic on far right), became an escort for financial reasons (single parent raising two kids) according to Palfrey. Arrested on prostitution charges in 2006, Ms. Britton hung herself in February 2007 before she was scheduled to go to trial. Link. It is rumored that a US Naval Academy instructor and legal secretary at a large DC law firm were also escorts for Ms. Palfrey. If the girls are going to suffer, I say publish the names of every guy caught up in this thing. If this prosecution is so serious that a mother of two has to die, then let's destroy the lives of all the dudes too.  05/05/2007.   Comments (4)   Permalink
  
  At the time I wrote the above news item, there did not appear to be much amiss--profesor embarrassed by outing kills herself. But the death of Ms. Palfrey in the exact same manner really throws doubt on the first "suicide". She had two minor children. Months prior, she appeared in court with her picture plastered in the paper. The humiliation had occurred. Her family members say Brandy was a strong, upbeat woman who wanted to fight the charges. Link.
  
  UPDATE: Deborah Jeane Palfrey found dead of supposed suicide at her mother's home in Florida. Brandy Britton was also found dead of a suicide hanging. Strange that both women decided to hang themselves? Ms. Palfrey is on record as saying she would not commit suicide and, if she was found dead, it would be murder. Link. If you want to hear the words come from Ms. Palfrey's own mouth, here is a link to her last interview (caution: the important statement is at the end of a long interview).  05/01/2008.
  
  UPDATE #2: Check out this interview of the manager of Ms. Palfrey's former condo. He says Ms. Palfrey was not suicidal and, further, that she believed that a contract was out for her murder. Also, she was making arrangements to pay the monthly condo fee while she was in prison for an estimated six years.  5-3-2008.
  
  What to make of these two murders? The first questions to ask in any murder investigation is motive and opportunity. Who kills a madam and a prostitute from the same agency? A client(s) of the Palfrey agency with something to hide. Who were the clients of the Palfrey agency in Washington, DC? Politicians and lobbyists. These were very professional hits: one in the DC area, the other in Florida. Who kills with such subtly and precision? Not the mob. They splatter brain matter on the pavement. This is much too subtle for the mob. Why kill Palfrey? She was talking to the media. Silence her. Why kill Brandy Britton? This one is more perplexing. She was a small player in the overall drama. One can only surmise that a very big fish was a direct customer of Ms. Britton on multiple occasions. I'm not holding out hope that these murders will be investigated in any thorough or professional manner.
  
  
  

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