Former Giuliani Aide Is Found Strangled at Home, Police Say

[Judi Lynn]

Former Giuliani Aide Is Found Strangled at Home, Police Say

By EMILY VASQUEZ
Published: August 24, 2006

A former deputy press secretary to Rudolph W. Giuliani was found strangled in his Greenwich Village apartment Monday night, and investigators believe that he may have known his killer, the police said yesterday.

The victim, Martin Barreto, 48, a partner in a Manhattan-based public relations firm, was found naked in his bedroom when officers entered his apartment on East 10th Street at University Place.

A friend of Mr. Barreto’s, unable to reach him by phone, had become alarmed and had gone to his building to ask the superintendent to let him in the apartment. The police were called about 9:20 p.m., and the door was opened after they arrived.

There was no sign of forced entry, struggle or disarray in the apartment, which is owned by Mr. Barreto’s cousin and the cousin’s wife, the police said. The apartment door was locked and no keys were missing, they said.
(snip/...)

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/24/nyregion/24strangle.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=nyregion&adxnnlx=1156417815-dxRR13pCZRAI/hvFVwl3og

[liberal N proud]

1. Hum-mm?

What did Martin know that got him killed?

[bahrbearian]

2. Oh , I'm sure it must have been suicide,,

Forget about Forensics there must be a Coroner that agrees some where.

[Lerkfish]

4. precisely my thought.

[mallard]

48. Re: Perhaps he remebered something about the time ...

Guiliani was reportedly advised by the special drill team camped out in Lower Manhattan since the night before to evacuate the area of the WTC towers very shortly before their collapse.

It's a shame more people weren't made aware of the apparent foreknowledge that the near-gravity-speed collapses were imminent (for them to be able to advise the mayor regarding his own personal safety).

Those guys were such a crackerjack rescue team that they could even call the structural load conditions to the better of the dumby FDNY guys who assumed they weren't dealing with a planned demolition and so foolishly proceded to extinguish the minor fires on the upper floors.

Just a thought.

[MysteryToMyself]

51. Every once in a while

they tell something on the news one time and then it disappears forever.

I remember hearing that Rudy had given some of the worker's retirement funds to some of the businesses during the 911 debacle.

Maybe she knew this...or something else.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

5. Martin apparently knew how to get

picked up by guys who were into things like that.

[aquart]

49. Who did he pick up and bring home?

Not the most unusual kind of murder in New York.

[Ian David]

3. Autoerotic asphyxiation... some people say....

Autoerotic asphyxiation
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Autoerotic asphyxiation, or AEA, is the practice of self-strangulation, typically by the use of a ligature, while masturbating in order to heighten the sexual pleasure as more endorphines are produced when the body reaches the near state of asphyxia. While highly pleasurable, AEA is also an extremely dangerous practice that results in many accidental deaths each year. A small number of people doing AEA use a plastic bag over their head, but most prefer the strangulation method.

Historically, the practice of autoerotic asphyxiation has been documented since the early 1600's. It was first used as a treatment for erectile dysfunction and impotency. The idea for this most likely came from subjects who were executed by hanging. Observers at public hangings noted male victims developed an erection (priapism) and occasionally ejaculated when being hanged. Notably, however, ejaculation occurs in hanging victims after death because of disseminated muscle relaxation; this is a different mechanism from that sought by AEA practitioners.

Deaths often occur when the loss of consciousness caused by partial asphyxia leads to loss of control over the means of strangulation, resulting in continued asphyxia and death. Victims are often found to have rigged some sort of "rescue mechanism" which has not worked in the way they anticipated as they lost consciousness.

It has also been speculated that in some cases autoerotic asphyxiation may have triggered the little-known phenomenon of carotid sinus reflex death.

More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoerotic_asphyxiation

[MADem]

8. unlikely in this instance, it would appear

The police said the building’s doorman told investigators that he saw Mr. Barreto sometime after midnight on Monday morning. Shortly thereafter, the police said, the doorman let one or maybe two men into the building to visit Mr. Barreto, who had left instructions that he was expecting company.

Investigators said they had not yet interviewed the visitors.

Mr. Barreto’s body was found wedged between his bed and the wall, the police said. They said Mr. Barreto’s larynx had been crushed, an indication that he may have been strangled from behind.

[aquart]

50. Wow. Assassination, not a pick up.

I take back what I said above. This IS an unusual murder for New York.

[uppityperson]

22. Took a class from a coroner once, interesting stuff, text book

Guy were talked about in the text book, found drowned, tied up in an odd way. Turns out had tied himslef up, in an odd way, on the edge of a stream, jerking around managed to fall into stream and drown. There was some movie a while back (from a Grisham book? Clancy????) about a woman who was killed on pupose by someone, wrong person thought he had killed her during sex (bag over head). Anyway, odd things happen sometimes and this qualifies in my opinion. Too bad.

[martymar64]

26. Rising Sun - Michael Crichton

They made a movie of it too.

[uppityperson]

27. that's the one, thanks.

thought the author's name started with a curvy letter. I have a problem remembering author's names, but remember shapes. Odd, but there I am. thanks.

[zbdent]

6. How are they going to pin this on Clinton?

But seriously, folks, if this were Arkansas, they'd be clamoring to bring in Bill Clinton for questioning ...

There are still people who believe that Clinton killed Vince Foster, despite that liberal freedom fighter Ken Starr declaring it was a suicide ...

[BlueIris]

46. Clenis=Naked strangulation. Because Clenis=Anything One Does Naked.

In the minds of tiny rightwingers that is...

[Algorem]

7. wonder if he's ever talked to Wayne Barrett or Dan Collins?

Tarnishing the aura of Giuliani on 9/11
August 23, 2006

http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-nyhen0823,0,6645642.column?coll=ny-news-columnists

..."Grand Illusion," the book is called. "The Untold Story of Rudy Giuliani and 9/11." It is written by Wayne Barrett of the Village Voice and Dan Collins of CBS.com, two of New York's shrewdest investigative reporters. Published this week by HarperCollins, "Grand Illusion" will forever alter how the world sees Rudy Giuliani's place in America's deadliest terror attacks. You can bet national political reporters will be combing though these chapters as the 2008 presidential campaign season revs up.

With dozens of exclusive and previously unreleased interviews, Barrett and Collins show how the ambitious ex-mayor has spent recent years revising his own truth of 9/11 -- and profiting handsomely from it. Casting himself as a prescient terror hawk whowisely prepared his city for the inevitable, Giuliani in fact ignored repeated warnings from the experts, including his own commissioners and aides.

Instead of confronting the looming danger, they tell how he grew increasingly distracted by pet projects, political turf wars and an extraordinarily messy personal life.

Slowly, the little decisions added up...

[Ian David]

17. That's what I was thinking. Someone mad about him spilling the beans

If he'd been sodomized with a plunger, it would pretty much be "case closed."

But it could be just a Gentleman Caller gone bad.

[Algorem]

23. Story says he worked for CBS.One of the book's authors is CBS reporter.

[Ian David]

25. That's good, but not as conclusive as being sodomized by a plunger. n/t

[Algorem]

43. that was one of the Watergate Plumbers calling cards I think

they'd bug yer phone so they could find out a good time to sodomize you with a plunger

[Algorem]

45. giuliani/kerik nypd hitmen?

[beyurslf]

9. Hillary did it!

[Richard Steele]

10. So, now we know Rudy is gonna run for prez.

Taking care of old business before he moves on to the new;
cleaning a few skeletons out of the old closet.

[anitar1]

47. Rudy on the ballot, my thought exactly. n/t

[Stinky The Clown]

11. Self-inflicted suicide by strangualtion

How does one do that?

[Judi Lynn]

14. He was unnecessarily violent with himself, strangling himself from behind,

crushing his larynx, then slamming himself between the bed and the wall.

He must have had horrendously strong hands, and very long arms.

[elehhhhna]

12. Paginf Kerik. Please check in for questioning.

[0007]

19. Kerik was out of the country sneaking up on Venezuelans, remember?

[klook]

13. The violent ex is probably the top suspect.

The NYT article states, "About three years ago, he ended a relationship with a man and sought restraining orders against him after the man became violent."

[Ian David]

18. But that's boring and cliched.

Maybe someone packed his neck full of explosives before crashing their hands into his throat?

That's much more exciting.

[pitohui]

38. i'd be looking into that too

will assume the police are already on it

[radwriter0555]

15. Hmmm, now rudy can run for president with no fear of his crimes from 911

haunting him.

How truly fortunate.

[PurityOfEssence]

16. So where was Scarborough?

Oh, sorry, that's "blunt instrument trauma"...

(edited to add question mark)

[flyarm]

20. i remember reading in Aug 2000 about a restaurant in Little Italy

that is owned by the "M" boys ( get my drift) that Guliani went to every day almost for lunch...in a private court yard ..

it was about the time Guliani dropped out of race against Hillary
and was having the girfriend /wife mess..

i believe it was Aug 2000 that i read it..i am searching to see if i can find the article ..

fly

[lumpy]

21. Yes, what about that "M"

connection?

[WhiteTara]

24. Ask Bernie n/t

[flyarm]

39. no kidding!!!..lol...shaking head...n/t

[bklyncowgirl]

36. Aw comeon everyone knows those "M" restaurants have the best food.

Linguini with clam sauce to die for.

[flyarm]

40. oh yes they do!!!..just ask Rudy!!...he had a standing table

everyday...in private.. in one of them!!

and of course then there is canal street...two good bangs for your buck...lol

expresso martini's anyone??

fly

[President Jesus]

28. Weird - Nude Body of Former Giuliani Aide Found Strangled

NEW YORK -- The nude body of a one-time deputy press secretary for former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has been found strangled in his Manhattan apartment.

The death of Martin Barreto, 49, has been ruled a homicide.

full article (1010 WINS)

Baretto was a Bush donor.

[Crankie Avalon]

29. Maybe he didn't donate enough.

Nude, eh? A trick gone bad?

[Wickerman]

30. quick, someone get the domain rights for

gulianibodycount.com!

[flyarm]

41. lmao!!!!......if it wasn't so sad...and prob true!.. n/t

[cliss]

31. Homicide? I wonder.

There's something going on with Rudie Ghouliani. Remember how he trotted around the Twin Towers destruction, glomming on to sympathy, wearing a white dust mask.

Last year, in London's subway bombings.... guess who emerges from a subway entrance that very same morning?

You guessed it....Rudy Ghouliani.

Something is up.

[Ian David]

34. Maybe he helped Der Rudyfuhrer obtain the Anthrax spores? n/t

[flyarm]

42. ding ding ding..you win the award...

and remember who "cleaned up " the American Media Boca Raton, Florida newspaper building that the anthrax killed workers....




http://archives.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/10/08/florida.anthrax.case/index.html

Robert Stevens, 63, died Friday of inhalation of anthrax. He was a photo editor at The Sun, a supermarket tabloid published by AMI, which employs about 300 people. Traces of anthrax were found in his work station, according to both Agwunobi and AMI's chief executive, David Pecker.

Stevens lived about a mile from an air strip where Mohamed Atta, a suspected hijacker in the September 11 terrorist attacks, rented planes. AMI's offices are several miles from the strip.

snip:

Stevens fell ill after a recent trip to North Carolina, but a Florida state epidemiologist said he did not believe Stevens contracted the disease during his trip. The incubation period for anthrax is between six and 45 days, a period which would not have included his trip.

As photo editor, Stevens worked on a number of stories but did not leave the building, officials said.



http://www.nysun.com/article/23660



Giuliani Firm Anthrax Work Ends in a Feud

By JOSH GERSTEIN - Staff Reporter of the Sun
November 29, 2005

snip:

Boca Raton's mayor, Steven Abrams, boasted to local residents that, in terms of the building's tenants, the city was trading up. "It used to be home of the National Enquirer and now it's the home of a national hero," Mr. Abrams said last fall as he and Mr. Giuliani campaigned for President Bush.

Now, more than 16 months after Bio-One declared that the offices were anthrax free, there are no plans for the firm, or Mr. Giuliani, to return to the site. In fact, the building remains closed and under quarantine.

Mr. Giuliani's firm stopped work after its contract with the building's owner expired in May. The owner hired a rival decontamination company, Marcor Remediation Incorporated, which began work at the three-story office complex yesterday, a spokesman for the Palm Beach County health department, Timothy O'Connor, said.

snip:

However, the ensuing contract dispute, and the fact that Bio-One has never been paid for its efforts, could contribute to questions about Mr. Giuliani's management of his business endeavors since leaving office at the end of 2001. If Mr. Giuliani goes ahead with a possible bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, his business ventures, which are far flung and include legal and consulting work, are likely to come under increased scrutiny. Already, he has drawn critical press attention for his consulting work on anti-crime initiatives in Mexico City and his ties to a for-profit vocational college in Kentucky that recently shut down due to financial difficulties.



seems ole Rudy shows up when things go wrong ( i.e. terror) and when he can make a profit to clean it up...eh??
fly

[poverlay]

32. Looks like Giuliani is getting ready to run for president... Probably

"tying" up a few loose ends. Aahh I just love "gallows" humor!

Seriously though: poor guy was probably privy to things he shouldn't have been. That's what you get when you play for the murderous bastards team.

[Ian David]

33. There's nothing weird about this at all...

It's part of the natural life cycle of The Republicker Species.

They get born, they grow-up, become involved in a scandal, and then they die naked and strangled.

Nothing to see here.

It's The Republick Party's Circle of Life.

[Double T]

What did he know, and when did he know it????

SOMEBODY?? must be planning a run for the WH.

[President Jesus]

35. Weird - Nude Body of Former Giuliani Aide Found Strangled

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[pitohui]

37. sounds like a sex crime to me

what a horrible way to go, i hope they catch the guilty party quickly

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

44. It's official. Rudy is running.