"Police: Woman believed to be 'D.C. madam' kills herself "
A woman police believe to be convicted Washington escort service
operator Deborah Jeane Palfrey committed suicide, officials said
Thursday.
Police said the body was found in a shed near Palfrey's mother's home
Thursday morning. There was a suicide note, but police did not
disclose its contents or how she killed herself.
Police said they were trying to confirm the woman's identity, but did
not immediately have additional comment when reached by telephone.
Palfrey's attorney, Preston Burton, did not return a telephone call
and e-mail message.
The District of Columbia U.S. attorney's office, which spent years
investigating and prosecuting Palfrey, was aware of the media reports
and was awaiting confirmation from law enforcement, said spokeswoman
Channing Phillips.
Police did not immediately have additional comment when reached by
telephone. Palfrey's attorney, Preston Burton, did not return a
telephone call and e-mail message.
Palfrey was convicted April 15 by a federal jury of running a
prostitution service that catered to members of Washington's political
elite, including Sen. David Vitter, a Louisiana Republican.
She had denied her escort service engaged in prostitution, saying that
if any of the women engaged in sex acts for money, they did so without
her knowledge.
She was convicted of money laundering, using the mail for illegal
purposes and racketeering. Palfrey faced a maximum of 55 years in
prison and was free pending her sentencing July 24.
Prosecutors said Palfrey operated the prostitution service for 13
years.
Her trial concluded without revealing many new details about the
service or its clients. Vitter was among possible witnesses, but did
not take the stand.
Vitter, a first-term senator who is married and has four children, has
acknowledged being involved with Palfrey's escort service and has
apologized for what he called a "very serious sin." But he avoided
commenting further.
One of the escort service employees was former University of Maryland,
Baltimore County, professor Brandy Britton, who was arrested on
prostitution charges in 2006. She committed suicide in January before
she was scheduled to go to trial.
Last year, Palfrey said she, too, was humiliated by her prostitution
charges, but said: "I guess I'm made of something that Brandy Britton
wasn't made of."
-- AP News
>We just saw that woman about 2 weeks ago in our local paper..she was wearing really
red lipstick.
Obama loses another supporter. They're dropping like flies !!
Yep - looks like she committed Vince Foster.
Bill Clinton obviously had used her services..
-Eddie Haskell
Yep. She supplied women. Republicans get Jeff Gannon.
So far most of the names she implicated were republican, weren't they?
Democrats who needed a same-sex "escort" could always turn to Barney
Frank's "domestic partner".
Oh that's right - they proved he didn't run a boy brothel after all,
didn't they?
Just like they proved that Bill Clinton "didn't have sex with that
woman".
Just like they proved that Queen Hillary dodged sniper fire.
Found hanged in a shed next to the house.
Hmm . . .
Swill
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Slow thinkers keep right." - Peter Principle
(US)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljbI-363A2Q&feature=related
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Unless they like young, tender chicken, then they just pick up a page.
They can even make an airport run if they're an old, really desperate
queen.
>You fucking idiot - she faced a five to six year sentence.
LOL