How did Jonathan Wash fall from a hotel in Abidjan on 19 November 1985?
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Where it stands
Two answers have been proposed. None is ahead on the evidence yet. Two are still possible.
Why it matters
He had told people he feared for his life; the Bedfordshire coroner returned an open verdict after a police inquiry that went to the Ivory Coast. The inquest papers and a Foreign Office file survive.
Answers 2
Next steps 2
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Read Jonathan Wash's inquest file
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Details
Order Bedfordshire Archives Co/Inq2/3/CB/85/Wash and FCO 65/3861 at Kew for the evidence on his fall in Abidjan.
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Read FCO 65/3861 and ask to see the Bedfordshire inquest papers
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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.
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