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Fugitive judge turns up deadN.H. officials upset search ended this wavCONCORD (AP) Investigators who Hacked tu gitive ex-judge John I airbanks lor lour wars art sorr\ to see the chase end with Ins hod\ being found in lt;i I as \ egas hotel room.“This is not a pleasant ending.' said Bruce Math ews, a state police investigator“It’s a tragic situation lor it to come about this wav We always knew soonci 01 lalci he was going to turn himsell in. or somewhere during Ins travels he would be discovered by law entorcement officers or some aware citi/cn. Mathews said“He seemetl attached to Ins lamilv I hat s got to be a difficult thing, to leave vour lamilv behind, leave your life behind.“He was a pillar ol the community at one time lo leave all that he hi nil must be emotional and physically tormentingSit SFARC H. Page »FAIRBANKS ..Dec. 28. 1989.missing since■ Las Vegas authorities say Fairbanks left a suicide note in the hotel room where he was found.By ROBI R I M \( AI he Associated PressI \S \ I (i AS \ fugitive lormer judge from New Hampshire was tound dead in an apparent suicide more than lour years alter being charged with stealing SI.8 million entrusted to him m Ins private law practicelohn ( I airbanks. 70. ot Newport, w.is identified through fingerprints after being found m ,i hotel room. C oroner Ron l lud said MondavHe disappeared on Dee. 28. PJKU. a d.u after he was indicted. An extensive investigation yielded few clues, despite the help ot national l\ crime programs such as ’ \nicr ica's Most W anted.Fairbanks cheeked into the MOM Orand Hotel on I hursday under another name and overstayed the two nights he paid for. Metro Police Homicide Set. Bill Keeton said Hotel employees entered the room Sundav afternoon and found him with a plastic bag over his head. Keeton said.“He left a note that can be interpreted as lt;i suicide note. Keeton said In the note he said his real name was John Fairbanks, and to contact a son in Denver tor positive IDFlud said an autopsy was being conducted to determine the cause ot death.I lu nutiv. I me lit c-lui sjv d lli.it tor moo than five years. I airbanks transferred into his personal accounts money entrusted to lients ot belonging to beneficiaries and heirs ot estates that were ad-d by himt 25 former clients or theirhim by ol trust' nimistei At lcestate*'including three ot his sisters, insuranci See FAIRBANKS, Page
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