Denver coroner's ruling of suicide 'doesn't add up,' family says

This is an intriguing case to say the least.

From the article: "…there are several other questions that remain unanswered, including what the hotel's surveillance cameras show, whether Mr. Dirie had any visitors, whether he had any luggage, where he got the cyanide and how he paid for the room. Mr. Jamal said Mr. Dirie was unemployed."

At least.

FROM CANADA.COM:

Denver coroner's ruling of suicide 'doesn't add up,' family says

Brendan Kennedy
Ottawa Citizen

Thursday, August 21, 2008
The family of the Ottawa man who died of cyanide poisoning in a Denver hotel room is disputing autopsy findings that the man committed suicide, a family spokesman said.
"We believe the ruling (is) absolutely nonsensical," said Omar Jamal, executive director of the U.S.-based Somali Justice Advocacy Center. "It just doesn't add up."
Saleman Abdirahman Dirie, 29, was found dead in room 408 of the Burnsley Hotel on Aug. 11 near a jar of sodium cyanide, the crystallized form of the poison.
Denver's coroner released the findings Wednesday night, concluding that Mr. Dirie died of ingesting cyanide and that the manner of death was suicide.
An NBC News report, citing unnamed federal officials, said it's believed Mr. Dirie mixed the sodium cyanide with water and drank it. The report was not confirmed by either the coroner's office or police.
With Monday's opening of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, the mysterious death prompted a brief terrorism investigation by the FBI and the Joint Terrorism Task Force.
Though sodium cyanide is available commercially and used in industrial processes such as paper-making and gold-plating, cyanide is considered a potential chemical weapon, described by Dr. Mark Keim of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as the "ideal terrorist weapon."
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