# Bedfordshire police investigated in the Ivory Coast; the coroner left it open

> The Ivorian magistrate's file on Wash's death went to Bedfordshire police, who investigated for the coroner and planned a visit to the Ivory Coast; the…

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# Bedfordshire police investigated in the Ivory Coast; the coroner left it open

The Ivorian magistrate's file on Wash's death went to Bedfordshire police, who investigated for the coroner and planned a visit to the Ivory Coast; the inquest (papers 1986–1988) returned an open verdict.

Suggestive0

## 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[How did Jonathan Wash fall from a hotel in Abidjan on 19 November 1985?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/questions/QST0DGGA5P6VXHF/how-did-jonathan-wash-fall-from-a-hotel-in-abidjan-on-19)

No evidence yet

**No evidence yet** unchanged

Answer this evidence bears on[Fell or jumped, with no one else involved](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/answers/ANS0DGGBGFPZAGY/fell-or-jumped-with-no-one-else-involved)

Bears onnone for, none against

**Still possible** was No evidence yet

What it implies
1.

An unusually thorough inquiry for a death abroad still could not decide how he fell.For: How did Jonathan Wash fall from a hotel in Abidjan on 19 November 1985?

## Next steps 2

1

Read Jonathan Wash's inquest file

Could shiftGood odds~4 h

[On: How did Jonathan Wash fall from a hotel in Abidjan on 19 November 1985?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/questions/QST0DGGA5P6VXHF/how-did-jonathan-wash-fall-from-a-hotel-in-abidjan-on-19)

**20** score

Details

Order Bedfordshire Archives Co/Inq2/3/CB/85/Wash and FCO 65/3861 at Kew for the evidence on his fall in Abidjan.

2

Read FCO 65/3861 and ask to see the Bedfordshire inquest papers

Could shiftFair odds~8 h

[On: How did Jonathan Wash fall from a hotel in Abidjan on 19 November 1985?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/questions/QST0DGGA5P6VXHF/how-did-jonathan-wash-fall-from-a-hotel-in-abidjan-on-19)Set by this evidence

**10** score

Details

The FCO file is open at Kew; the 12-part inquest file (Co/Inq2/3/CB/85/Wash) needs the coroner's permission. Together they hold the Ivorian findings and the Bedfordshire police report.

Ranked by how likely each is to move the key question, for the time it takes

## Sources 4

[Death of Jonathan Wash, UK national, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, following a fall from a hotel balcony, November 1985 (FCO 65/3861)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DGG77RKA2ZA/death-of-jonathan-wash-uk-national-abidjan-ivory-coast)

Office 1986

SRC

[Inquest papers relating to the death of Jonathan Francis Wash, died 19 Nov 1985 in Abidjan: open verdict (Co/Inq2/3/CB/85/Wash)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DGG77FWPTFB/inquest-papers-relating-to-the-death-of-jonathan-francis)

Service 1988

SRC

[Jonathan Wash: written answer, House of Commons, 27 October 1987 (HC Deb vol 121 c219W)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DGG5Y64DP6H/jonathan-wash-written-answer-house-of-commons-27-october)

Commons 1987

SRC

[Jonathan Wash: written answers, House of Commons, 27 October 1986 (HC Deb vol 103 cc31-2W)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DGG5XXP82KD/jonathan-wash-written-answers-house-of-commons-27-october)

Commons 1986

SRC

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