, last month, a report from the Sheriff’s office has revealed. A detailed search for identification of the corpse led the US police to Tete’s elder brother in Lagos, a journalist who confirmed the diseased was his immediate younger brother. Officer Cindy, of the California Sheriff’s office who broke the news on phone, said police on patrol spotted a car parked off the roadside in the morning, but when the car remained unmoved towards the evening, they had a look over. A close check found a body, stripped naked in the trunk of the car. “It looked like he was despondent,” Cindy said. “Upon investigation, we found he drove 200 miles away from where he was staying and apparently just parked here and took his life. We actually took notice of it a few days later.” Police report said they suspect Beddof probably took his life as there was no sign of foul play. “However we cannot be absolutely sure until after the doxology report is made available to us.” The report, when it came three days later, confirmed the presence of opium and some alcohol. But a Nigerian in the know who spoke to the family said he believes a crime took place, but it’s in the character of the US police to conclude circumstances like this as suicide. “I told Officer Cindy that the Beddof I know, that I spoke to recently, would not be in that state of mind to take his own life. I can tell you that the reason Cindy and the California police jumped to that conclusion is not unusual in this country. “If you don’t have money, if you don’t have people, even when you’re sick, they may take care of you at the hospital but not as good as they would if you had insurance. They will not go out of their way to investigate the death of a person who’s not a resident of the city. They would first, this man is not even an American citizen, he may not even have papers so they will not even bother to waste their resources in investigating the death. So there was a crime; the person who did it knew what he was doing. They found his body in the trunk of his car without clothes; now, why would he do that? Beddof just bought the car about two weeks before he was found dead.” Another close friend of Beddof, Edi Kritz Okri said the diseased worked with a Nigerian who owned a security outfit and was owed many months wages and they had disagreements over that. “I know he is behind the death of Beddof because he used Beddof’s name to borrow money without Beddof’s knowledge A funeral service was held for the late Beddof at Victoria Christian Intl Ministries on 27th August, 2017 in Sacramento CA95823. Beddof Tete, a native of Erho-Abraka in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State left for the United States about 23 years ago and was not communicating with his family members. It is unclear if he had children as he was not attached to any woman all his time in the United States. Efforts are ongoing to unlock his cellphone in the hope of tracing his contacts in Port Harcourt where he played in a popular hotel in the early 1990s.
A Nigerian musician and
music producer, Mr. Beddof Tete, better known as “Tete B”, has been
found dead in the trunk of his car in California, United States, last
month, a report from the Sheriff’s office has revealed.
A detailed search for identification of the corpse led the US police to
Tete’s elder brother in Lagos, a journalist who confirmed the diseased
was his immediate younger brother.
Officer Cindy, of the California Sheriff’s office who broke the news on
phone, said police on patrol spotted a car parked off the roadside in
the morning, but when the car remained unmoved towards the evening, they
had a look over. A close check found a body, stripped naked in the
trunk of the car.
“It looked like he was despondent,” Cindy said. “Upon investigation, we
found he drove 200 miles away from where he was staying and apparently
just parked here and took his life. We actually took notice of it a few
days later.”
Police report said they suspect Beddof probably took his life as there
was no sign of foul play. “However we cannot be absolutely sure until
after the doxology report is made available to us.” The report, when it
came three days later, confirmed the presence of opium and some alcohol.
But a Nigerian in the know who spoke to the family said he believes a
crime took place, but it’s in the character of the US police to conclude
circumstances like this as suicide.
“I told Officer Cindy that the Beddof I know, that I spoke to recently,
would not be in that state of mind to take his own life. I can tell you
that the reason Cindy and the California police jumped to that
conclusion is not unusual in this country.
“If you don’t have money, if you don’t have people, even when you’re
sick, they may take care of you at the hospital but not as good as they
would if you had insurance.
They will not go out of their way to investigate the death of a person
who’s not a resident of the city. They would first, this man is not even
an American citizen, he may not even have papers so they will not even
bother to waste their resources in investigating the death.
So there was a crime; the person who did it knew what he was doing. They
found his body in the trunk of his car without clothes; now, why would
he do that? Beddof just bought the car about two weeks before he was
found dead.”
Another close friend of Beddof, Edi Kritz Okri said the diseased worked
with a Nigerian who owned a security outfit and was owed many months
wages and they had disagreements over that.
“I know he is behind the death of Beddof because he used Beddof’s name
to borrow money without Beddof’s knowledge
A funeral service was held for the late Beddof at Victoria Christian
Intl Ministries on 27th August, 2017 in Sacramento CA95823.
Beddof Tete, a native of Erho-Abraka in Ethiope East Local Government
Area of Delta State left for the United States about 23 years ago and
was not communicating with his family members.
It is unclear if he had children as he was not attached to any woman all
his time in the United States. Efforts are ongoing to unlock his
cellphone in the hope of tracing his contacts in Port Harcourt where he
played in a popular hotel in the early 1990s.
Read more at: https://dailytimes.ng/features/57-yr-old-nigerian-found-dead-trunk-car-california-usa/
Read more at: https://dailytimes.ng/features/57-yr-old-nigerian-found-dead-trunk-car-california-usa/
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