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COMMENT: Although there is no direct evidence, this case appears to be very suspicious. The perpetrators shot Michael Zebuhr after being given the demanded purse in the robbery despite the fact Zebuhr was only one of several witnesses. The suspicion is heightened by the fact that Zebuhr was both a student member of the Scholars for 9/11 Truth and a microbiology graduate student at Clemson University. Microbiologists have long been the victims of suspicious deaths, most of which are ruled to be suicides, as in the cases of prominent British microbiologist Dr. David Kelly (died 2003; ruled a suicide) , 72-year old retired microbiologist Jeong Im (died 2005; stabbed repeatedly and put in a trunk). These are only two more recent cases from a long list of microbiologists found dead under suspicious circumstances dating back to the early 1980s. This case could very well be another case in the on-going plot to contain members of the microbiology community or a warning to the Scholars for 9/11 Truth committee. Director of the 9/11 film Loose Change, Dylan Avery had similar suspicions:
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Police release few details about Uptown murder
KARE 11 News | March 22, 2006
Michael Zebuhr died late Monday night at HCMC after being shot in the head in Uptown on Saturday night.
Someone shot the 25-year-old Clemson graduate student as he walked with his mother, sister and friend from an Uptown restaurant to their car which was parked at 31st and Girard.
Police say since Saturday night, about 15 investigators have been working on this case, but they released little new information during a Tuesday afternoon press conference.
The shooting took place after two young men approached Zebuhr's group and demanded his mother's purse. She gave it to them, but they shot Michael once in the head anyway.
Michael Zebuhr grew up in West Virginia. He didn't live in Minneapolis, but sadly it is the place where his life came to a sudden end.
"This is just an unspeakable event, unspeakable tragedy that, unfortunately, happened in front of the young man's mother," said Minneapolis Police Chief William McManus.
Friends say that young man was destined to make a difference.
Back in 2003, when he was a student at Davis and Elkins, he briefed some students and professors about his summer work. He'd worked in a NASA lab at the Kennedy Space Center.
"It's a program that researches growing plants in space," Zehuhr told WBOY-TV at the time.
Last fall Zebuhr started working on his Ph.D. in bioengineering at Clemson University.
His adviser Lisa Benson says, for all his smarts it is his heart she'll remember most.
"He's the most likely person I think to reach out and help somebody in need and would be very likely to help the types of people that committed this crime," she said.
Zebuhr once drove a car full of clothes and appliances to a family in upstate South Carolina who were in need of help after Hurricane Katrina.
"He's just a poor graduate student, but he saw somebody worse off than he was and just freely gave of himself and his time," said Benson.
Stories like that don't make what happened in Uptown Minneapolis any easier.
Police say they are working around the clock on this case. "There have been developments, but I can't go into that either," said Lt. Lee Edwards.
Information is tight, but the police chief did want to assure Zebuhr's family that they will close this case.
"No matter how long it takes, we will not stop until we bring these perpetrators to justice," McManus said.
The Somali Justice Advocacy Center is offering a $2,000 reward in this case. But police say that doesn't necessarily mean the suspects are Somali.
Police say the only description of the suspects is extremely vague: two black men, between the ages of 17 and 22, who were wearing dark clothes. Police aren't giving a detailed clothing description but do think they fled south from 31st and Girard in a four-door white car that was parked in an alley.
Anyone with information should give police a call at 612- 692-8477.
There will be a vigil for Michael Zebuhr on Saturday, March 25 at 8 p.m. at 31st and Girard where Michael was killed.
Neighborhood organizers invite the public to attend.
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