# A relative reported a metal rod by the accelerator

> Computer News reported that a relative who identified Sharif's body saw a long metal shaft on the car floor near the accelerator, which could have wedged…

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# A relative reported a metal rod by the accelerator

Computer News reported that a relative who identified Sharif's body saw a long metal shaft on the car floor near the accelerator, which could have wedged it down.

Speculative0

## What it means

Key question[Which of the deaths remain unexplained after their inquests, and what would settle each one?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/questions/QST0DGG9P56CQK6/which-of-the-deaths-remain-unexplained-after-their-inquests)

No evidence yet

**No evidence yet** unchanged

Part of it[Did Ashad Sharif kill himself near Bristol on 28 October 1986, as the inquest found?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/questions/QST0DGGA0KC8V4Y/did-ashad-sharif-kill-himself-near-bristol-on-28-october)

2 answers, none ahead yet

**Open** unchanged

Answer this evidence bears on[Staged to look like suicide](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/answers/ANS0DGGBDCVFB6P/staged-to-look-like-suicide)

Supports1 for, none against

**Still possible** was No evidence yet

What it implies
1.

The rod, if real, does not distinguish suicide from staging.For: Did Ashad Sharif kill himself near Bristol on 28 October 1986, as the inquest found?

## Sources 1

[Scientists' Deaths Mystify British](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DGG6JXTCFY6/scientists-deaths-mystify-british)

Witt 1988

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## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). A relative reported a metal rod by the accelerator [Evidence EVD0DGGD6HJS7NK]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DGGD6HJS7NK
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