Murder victim's mom, neighbors wonder if charges are coming for wife of man who faked death
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Murder victim's mom, neighbors wonder if charges are coming
Lake Barrington man faked own death before suicide
By Emily S. Achenbaum | Tribune reporter
December 5, 2008
Nearly nine months after a shocking murder plot and insurance scam
came to light, the wife of the alleged killer remains under
investigation, frustrating both those who say she's innocent and those
certain of her guilt.
Ari Squire, 39, of Lake Barrington killed himself in a Missouri hotel
room in March after police discovered he faked his death by killing
another man and assuming the victim's identity.
At the time, law enforcement said Squire's wife, Denise, was a person
of interest in the case and announced they had evidence showing she
knew her husband faked his death—leading many in the public to believe
she would be charged with a crime, and soon.
The victim's mother, Donna FioRito, is furious Denise Squire hasn't
been charged in the crime. The months since her son's murder have been
horrible, she said. They lived together, and her son helped support
her financially.
"I definitely don't feel a sense of urgency from the police or
prosecution to charge Denise Squire or solve this case," FioRito said
in a written statement. "I don't know what kind of evidence they have
or are waiting on, but if Denise was e-mailing Ari after he was
supposedly dead, then she is guilty of conspiracy in my eyes and needs
to be arrested.
"I am miserable, terrible and feel like no justice has been dealt for
the murder of my son Justin."
Investigators discovered several e-mails the couple sent to one
another after Ari Squire faked his death by killing Justin Newman, a
20-year-old Home Depot employee from Arlington Heights, making it look
like an accident to try to cover his trail, authorities said.
In one e-mail, Ari Squire asked his wife about a memorial banquet she
held for him after his supposed death.
Those e-mails showed Denise Squire knew her husband was alive and that
the body found a little more than one week earlier crushed under a
vehicle in the couple's burning garage was someone else, Lake County
Sheriff Mark Curran said in March.
Jon Loevy, the lawyer for Newman's family, is pursuing a civil case
against Denise Squire and said he hopes to begin taking depositions
soon.
In the suit, Newman's mother and brother accuse the Squires of
conspiring to kill Newman so Ari Squire could assume his identity and
collect on a $2 million insurance policy that the couple took out five
years ago. Martin A. Blumenthal, Denise Squire's attorney in the civil
case, said neither she nor any other possible beneficiary has received
an insurance payout.
Ari Squire lured Newman to his house with the promise of an hourly
wage twice what he made at Home Depot for some construction work,
police said. Ari Squire then killed him, put Newman's body under a
truck and next to a broken vehicle jack, and started a fire in the
garage, authorities said. Ari Squire dressed Newman in Squire's
clothes and swapped wallets with him. Using colored contacts and hair
dye so he would look more like Newman, Ari Squire fled and later
committed suicide as police closed in, authorities said.
Lake County Sheriff's Sgt. Chris Thompson said investigators are still
working on the case and have brought in a federal agency—he wouldn't
say which one—to help.
Denise Squire's lawyer Elliot Pinsel said his client passed a
polygraph test months ago. Denise Squire has declined to comment
through her attorney.
"There's no criminal case, as far as I'm concerned," Pinsel said.
But unless authorities say the case against Denise Squire is over, she
will continue to live under scrutiny, her attorney said. Denise Squire
was a former adjunct professor at National-Louis University.
Neighbors say they still see her and others coming and going from the
home where the burned garage has been rebuilt.
"People ask me all the time, how can she still live there?" said
neighbor John Kavc. "The whole neighborhood is wondering."
eachenbaum @tribune.com
Copyright © 2008, Chicago Tribune
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It looks like Squires might have watched the movie "Body Heat" a few
times.
Mick
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For the love of god, haven't these people heard of yahoo or gmail?
Mez