In the first two pages of The Franklin Cover-Up: Child Abuse, Satanism, and Murder in Nebraska, by former Republican Nebraska state Senator John W. Decamp, the reason Caradori was killed is quickly established:
(the above are the first two pages of The Franklin Coverup, available here, and used under the doctrine of Fair Use.
Caradori's death was reported in the Omaha World - Herald as caused when his plane "broke up" in fight, although the NTSB investigator said "The exact mechanism of the breakup is unknown."
Caradori's Airplane 'Broke Up in Flight'; [Sunrise Edition]
Robert Dorr Gabriella Stern. Omaha World - Herald. Omaha, Neb.: July 12, 1990. pg. 1
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(Copyright 1990 Omaha World-Herald Company)
World-Herald staff writer Henry J. Cordes contributed to this report.
The small plane that carried Lincoln private detective Gary Caradori and his 8-year-old son to their deaths in Illinois early Wednesday apparently broke up in flight, two investigators said Wednesday.
"It was a scattered wreckage pattern," said Bill Bruce, an investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board. "It certainly demonstrates that it did break up in flight. The exact mechanism of the breakup is unknown."
Sheriff Tim Bivins of Lee County, Ill., who spent 12 hours at the crash site, said he didn't think an explosion occurred while the plane was in the air. He said he thought the plane "came apart in the air" and exploded on impact. Bivins said plane debris was scattered over an area three-quarters of a mile long.
Baseball Game
Caradori was the private investigator looking into allegations of child sexual abuse for the Legislature's Franklin Credit Union committee. The committee is investigating matters related to the 1988 failure of Omaha's Franklin Community Federal Credit Union. Caradori worked for the committee.
Caradori, 41, and his son, Andrew, died on their way back to Lincoln after attending the Tuesday night All-Star Game in Chicago. Caradori was piloting the plane, which left Chicago early Wednesday morning.
There apparently was no unusual weather, such as rain or fog, when the plane came down near Ashton, said forecaster Michael Bell of the National Weather Service office in Rockford, Ill.
