NEEDS FURTHER INVESTIGATION - AT 8:23 P.M. ET:  Sometimes, witnesses have a way of disappearing:

Christopher Kelly, a key figure in the federal corruption investigation of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, is dead, sources said.

Christopher Kelly, 51, of Burr Ridge, was once the master of Blagojevich’s lucrative campaign fund and the “go-to” guy in the ex-governor’s administration.

Kelly was found at 7:01 a.m. by his family, according to a report given to the Cook County Medical Examiner. He was pronounced dead at 10:46 a.m., sources said. Kelly died of an apparent "aspirin overdose," a law enforcement source said.

COMMENT:  An aspirin overdose?  Is that like an ice cream fit?  I'd like to know more about this.  Was he, as they say in polite circles, "suicided"?

It was Blagojevich who appointed Barack Obama's successor, super-hack Roland Burris.  Would like to know more about that as well, and why the president of the United States didn't step in to avoid an embarrassment.

September 12, 2009