John Barnett had worked for Boeing for 32 years, until his retirement in 2017.

In the days before his death, he had been giving evidence in a whistleblower lawsuit against the company.

Boeing said it was saddened to hear of Mr Barnett’s passing. The Charleston County coroner confirmed his death to the BBC on Monday.

It said the 62-year-old had died from a “self-inflicted” wound on 9 March and police were investigating.

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    To the people saying Boeing killed him, sorta, but not really.

    I’ve known people who have had tried to unionize in multiple industries and all of their health went to shit. Beyond the constant threat of a billion dollar organization breathing down your neck and threatening litigation for the remainder of your twilight years.

    Think about how often the people around you have wanted to end their life, or hell even you yourself. Now couple that with all the above.

    Just because people are noble doesn’t mean they aren’t anymore human that you or me.

    Nobody went in and murdered Epstein. He had plenty of reason to do it himself as a known pedophile for the richest in a penal system that doesn’t exactly look fondly on chomos.

    Either way, needlessly speculating is fun. Just don’t let yourselves fall into these dumbass conspiracies like every right-wing fascist chud has for the last decade or more. Reality is rarely as exciting as headlines, movies, or the internet likes it to be.

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      obviously Epstein killed himself to protect the secret technique of disabling security cameras and putting guards to sleep with his mind

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      Not sure why you’re getting downvoted. What you’re describing kind of happened to Aaron Schwartz RIP.

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      Even if Epstein killed himself they definitely knew he was suicidal and looked the other way while he did it. Idk about this guy but it’s suspicious but I agree more information needs to come out before going too far into any rabbit holes. Sorry for your mass downvotes lol looks like some people are already sucked in. 😅