# Howard Witt 1988: Scientists' Deaths Mystify British

> Howard Witt, 1988. 8 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Chicago Tribune, 17 April 1988. Nine deaths in 20 months; Dajibhai's puncture wound "a…

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# Scientists' Deaths Mystify British

Howard Witt, 1988.

**Marconi scientists' deaths, 1982–1990** Article0

## What it's used for here

Chicago Tribune, 17 April 1988. Nine deaths in 20 months; Dajibhai's puncture wound "a mystery then and remains a mystery now" (coroner's spokesman); Computer News's report of a metal shaft in Sharif's car; Sands's open verdict; Knight's suicide verdict; MoD: "straight out of James Bond"; Randall Heather (St Edmund's College, Cambridge) and Doug Hoyle for an inquiry. Secondary, contemporary.

## Cited by on this site 8 records

[A relative reported a metal rod by the accelerator](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/evidence/EVD0DGGD6HJS7NK/a-relative-reported-a-metal-rod-by-the-accelerator)

Evidence

EVD

[An unexplained puncture wound and no known reason to be in Bristol](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/evidence/EVD0DGGD4Z6B82K/an-unexplained-puncture-wound-and-no-known-reason-to-be-in)

Evidence

EVD

[Missing the night before, petrol in the boot, police suspected suicide](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/evidence/EVD0DGGD6PEJ9QD/missing-the-night-before-petrol-in-the-boot-police-suspected)

Evidence

EVD

[Ashad Sharif dies near Bristol](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/events/EVT0DGGES14GMCF/ashad-sharif-dies-near-bristol)

EVT

[David Sands dies in a crash into a disused cafe](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/events/EVT0DGGES14QFY9/david-sands-dies-in-a-crash-into-a-disused-cafe)

EVT

[Trevor Knight found dead in his car](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/events/EVT0DGGES14R22T/trevor-knight-found-dead-in-his-car)

EVT

[Vimal Dajibhai found dead below the Clifton Suspension Bridge](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/events/EVT0DGGES14EY4H/vimal-dajibhai-found-dead-below-the-clifton-suspension)

EVT

[The Marconi scientists' deaths, 1982–1990](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists)

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

```
Howard Witt (1988). Scientists' Deaths Mystify British. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-04-17-8803090394-story.html
```

[Find it at chicagotribune.com](https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-04-17-8803090394-story.html)

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