Body Found Hanging In Folsom Park




http://www.kcra.com/news/11243645/detail.html

OMG!! how sad! it does seem more than a little fishy! his family and friends are in our hearts. I cant imagine what theyre going through!

wow the media really doesnt seem to have a grasp at what really happened and is carelessly throwing possibilities out there (like Ch. 13 having a link under the headline for the "choking game") for ratings. What a horrible thing for the family to experience and then they see the news!
here are some of the local news sites:

http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/137543.html
http://www.news10.net/display_story.aspx?storyid=25431
http://www.kcra.com/news/11243645/detail.html
http://cbs13.com/topstories/local_story_072170412.html
http://folsomtelegraph.com/articles/2007/03/07/news/breaking_news/01park.txt

that probably means that they know someone else was involved

The latest update I have is that a member of FolsomForum.com spoke to Andre's father and relayed parts of the conversation (with his approval of course). Contrary to the news reports and their own statements, the parents have not ruled out murder. The father is upset w/ Folsom PD for their handling of the investigation and denial that their son's leg's were tied behind him. Supporters are now talking about naming the park after Andre, which sounds like a great idea to me...

hmm... this is an interesting story.  i am extremely curious to know how this ends.  honestly, even the possibility that there was a modern day lynching is enough to make me boil. 

Things are not looking well for the Folsom Police Department at this point... There has been a member of both Folsom web sites that has been in strong denial of any other possibility than what the media has reported. According to the FolsomForum admin, randb, who has contacted the FPD Public Information Officer (PIO), that member, "idunno" may or may not be the same motorcycle officer (Kurt Knudsen), or a relative of said officer, that arrived on the scene after Andre's father.

In the Folsom Telegraph, an update was provided w/ an account from Officer Knudsen, that stated that Andre's legs were bound to the tree trunk, which is, again, incorrect according to eye witnesses. At first, apparently, Knudson told the media that Andre's legs were not bound at all. Keep in mind that the person who found the body said that the legs were tied to his body in such a way that his feet were almost touching his butt.

Officer Knudsen stated that, after speaking to a representative of Andre's family, the family now believes the police - that there was no foul play and that it was an accident. However, the family states that the conversation never took place.

Regardless of the misinformation being spread by the police and media, for whatever reasons they may have, it is inexcusable for an officer to do so personally on a forum, by private message, and by email. An email was sent to a FolsomForum.com member from "idunno" and the email address provided automatically by the system is "kknud27@....com" and based on the IP address used to post by that member, both a personal home Internet connection and one belonging to the City of Folsom, CA were used.

In what has been dubbed The most important post of all re: Andre Anderson, a letter from the man who found Andre Anderson's body states that he feels very strongly now that it was indeed an accident that resulted from participating in a variation of the "Choking Game."

With this information and the determination of randb, admin of FolsomForum.com, based on what he's discovered, I've decided to not follow up on this further unless there is a drastic turn of events or something else is turned up in the autopsy.

RIP Andre.