Threat Letter was part of snack heir suicide

As AP reported through Yahoo News Major Bashinsky was a wealthy estate attorney in his 60's living in Alabama who was married with grown children. His father founded a snack food company in the 40's that had over $120 million in net sales in 2009. When his father died his step mother inherited nearly all of his stock in the company. Making this a stranger story though was that there had been letters apparently from someone unhappy with the family business then when he was found there were further elements designed to make it appear as though he was kidnapped and murdered. Purely speculation but possibly he had an insurance policy he wanted his family to receive but suicide would violate the terms although he was already wealthy and after a number of years they are often past a period in which they can be contested. Also purely speculation and cynical thinking but possibly he was upset that his step mom received nearly all the stock in the company and wanted it to look like the company had acting improperly as the letters indicated.

Corner found him at a pond shot to death but have determined that he wrote the letters which claimed that dividends were taken by the family at the expense of the workers and a mysterious group with have to "act with urgency" without saying what would happen. Soon after on March 15 he was found in a pond at a golf course and it has been determined he shot himself.

Coroner: Threat letter part of snack heir suicide - Yahoo! News