Montana parents demand answers in son’s Singapore death
Source: Missoulian
Shane Truman Todd’s body was found in his Singapore apartment on June 24, 2012. Contrary to evidence provided by his family, police have maintained he killed himself. Todd’s parents, Rick and Mary Todd, have said repeatedly that they believe the Ph.D. may have been murdered over his research in the U.S. into material used to make semiconductors, a technology with both civilian and military purposes.
The couple had visited Singapore after Shane’s death to try to puzzle together what had happened – and soon discovered disquieting contradictions between the scene at Shane’s apartment and accounts by Singapore police. As they were leaving, they discovered the backup hard drive for one of the laptops Singapore police had accessed.
A number of files included technical requirements for a joint research project between the Singapore government-backed research lab Todd worked for, the Institute of Microelectronics, and Huawei Technologies, a China-based electronics and telecom giant. The project was geared toward making GaN power amplifier chips. (Last fall, a report by the House Select Committee on Intelligence proclaimed Huawei to be a threat to U.S. national security).
The sheer thought of Shane committing suicide is preposterous, say Shane’s parents. The Todds contend that Shane’s alleged suicide note contained false, inaccurate information, referenced events that never happened, and had to have been written by someone other than Shane. “This suicide note even thanked IME,” says Mary...
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