I should point out that, at no time, did SF Weekly print the “fell down an elevator shaft” story. Our first story quoted an anonymous family member of Dan’s who told us the police told him Dan died climbing from the elevator.

In our second story, Inspector Krimsky told us about that theory directly, saying the “shaft” story was a “twisting” of his words. So far as I know, the police have not changed their story on this.

Thanks,

JE

I also have a blog post about his mysterious death. It seems that pro-Israel activists are strangely prone to falling from great heights to their deaths despite the long-odds of doing so. Irv Rubin also, supposedly–the day before an important appeal, while handcuffed and accompanied by guards moving from cell to cell in prison–cut his own throat and jumped over a four foot wall to fall several stories. He survived, initially, but succumbed to his wounds without regaining consciousness. Of course, it was never investigated.