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The host referenced the book as a source for details about the Rey Rivera case, citing its account of the mysterious note found on his computer and specifics about the alleged jump. Ashley Flowers highlighted passages describing the note's references to celebrities and technology, as well as the timeline of events. The episode treated the work as a factual reference rather than a recommendation.
Episode: MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Rey Rivera
It was referenced as a source for details about the case and included a passage about Rey's strange note that was found taped to the back of his computer.
According to Makita Brotman's book called an unexplained death the true story of a body at the Belvedere She says he gets this call around 5 30
The note mentions current participants and refers to the actor Christopher Reeve who had died the previous year and The director Stanley Kubrick as well as a long list of Rivera's friends colleagues and relations with a request to make them and himself five years younger This is followed by a list of recent inventions and technologies portable data assistance flash drives the human genome genetic engineering Viagra type drugs the fuel cell Bluetooth overnight Express shipping airbags computer operating systems thermal depolymerization horizontal drilling Wi-Fi the Da Vinci surgical system hybrid engines muscle milk and Heads up displays. It also includes a series of media related abbreviations VCD DVD HDVD HD TV JPEG and MPEG.
the distance from the 14th floor rooftop that Ray was supposed to have jumped from to the hole on the lower roof below Was 43 feet
in a 2009 article from Baltimore magazine Allison said that you had to basically push the screen back in order to trip the alarm
According to unsolved mysteries because of the way their phone system was set up at the time the call was from an Extension that was routed through a switchboard.