#deadwitness ~ Patrick Cifo suicide sketchy as it gets another downtown club patron of Walnut Creek

The Fate of Patrick Cifo

His daughter is in disbelief

Patrick Neil Cifor
June 10, 1962-Feb 8, 2013
Resident of Walnut Creek
Patrick Neil Cifor, 50, was born June 10, 1962 in Livonia, Michigan to the late Shirley and John Cifor. Patrick was a free spirit and a dreamer. He wasn't afraid to work hard and travelled the globe to sample his favorite foods and wines. He was a loving father to his daughters Marika Cifor, who lives and works in Massachusetts, and Yeva Cifor, who is a college freshman in Washington State.
He always tried to be a gentle and trusting soul, who wanted to help others any way he could. He was brother to Sandra Cifor, Linda Cifor, John Cifor, and Gerald Cifor. He had many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins, many still living in Michigan. His longtime business associate in Benefits Access,Neville Guard, and his coworkers, Yolanda, Kate, Sherrie, Yasmin, and Christie, were his longtime friends. He lived life to the fullest and always tried to stay upbeat. He had many friends whose lives were fuller for knowing him.
To celebrate his life, there will be a Memorial Service at Hull's Walnut Creek Chapel on Thursday February 14th at 1PM with his family in attendance. In lieu of flowers,Patrick would have liked donations to be made to the Contra Costa County Food Bank , Red Cross, or the charity of your choice. He will be missed by all of us. Please pray for his soul.

Word on the street was ...

The typical pre Chief Chaplin response was to pass a story and never tell the public the truth. Mr. Cifo a regular around town at bars or clubs like Tiki Toms, WPLJ's, Vinnies and drove one of those cool three wheel bikes. He would park on Main or Locust hand around near the Apple Store (old location, Pre 2018) or would be in the same clubs where Pete Bennett would be on stage at the local open-mics.

Pete met Patrick when he parked the Trike

Then later we crossed paths at local clubs where Pete began incidents. He gave details to Law Enforcement working on the endless attempts on his life as he watched his personal contacts going down accidents, drugs, murder and unusual endings. Pete has been watching for 40 years.

His daughter is in disbelief

- By Angela Cifor

I want to discuss the death of Patrick Cifor. He was my uncle. I loved him. I love his daughters. I love my father, Patrick's brother. The Cifor family is flawed in many ways, but one thing is certain: Cifors do not quit. They do not give up. They do not commit suicide.

Walnut Creek is a small town. It is a wealthy town, quiet and peaceful. The Contra Costa sheriff's department—tasked with protecting the citizens of that county—has an excellent record with respect to community safety. But they are understaffed.

When Patrick Cifor died, the Contra Costa sheriff's department conducted a routine investigation. They took limited witness testimony at face value. They placed a significant amount of weight on the Medical Examiner's statement, which ultimately arrived at the conclusion that the cause of death was a suicide because there were no defensive wounds on Patrick's arms.

Patrick Cifor did not commit suicide. The facts support this. Every person who knew Pat supports this. Patrick Cifor was murdered. How and why is unclear. What is clear is that the Contra Costa sheriff's department far too quickly ruled Pat's death to be a suicide without a complete investigation, without sufficient interviews, and without any perspective on Pat's life, his acquaintances, his friends, and his associates. They failed Patrick, and they failed the community of Walnut Creek.

The Contra Costa sheriff's department claims to have conducted an investigation. That "investigation" was a complete failure because of many staggering omissions. Not a single officer interviewed Patrick's therapist, his neighbors, his friends, or his business associates. Those that were close to Pat shared their confusion about this with his family. The knife that Patrick allegedly used to stab himself was not sufficiently inspected. The sheriff's department told Pat's sister that his body would be cremated in three to five days; it was cremated 12 hours later. What is happening in Walnut Creek, California? Why is no one questioning what happened?

As a Cifor and as a citizen who believes in truth and justice, I am not OK with this situation. Patrick Cifor was a father, a neighbor, a friend, and—most importantly—a kind-hearted man. Ask questions. Demand answers. Do not let this go away without a fight.

His daughter is in disbelief

Patrick Neil Cifor
June 10, 1962-Feb 8, 2013
Resident of Walnut Creek
Patrick Neil Cifor, 50, was born June 10, 1962 in Livonia, Michigan to the late Shirley and John Cifor. Patrick was a free spirit and a dreamer. He wasn't afraid to work hard and travelled the globe to sample his favorite foods and wines. He was a loving father to his daughters Marika Cifor, who lives and works in Massachusetts, and Yeva Cifor, who is a college freshman in Washington State.
He always tried to be a gentle and trusting soul, who wanted to help others any way he could. He was brother to Sandra Cifor, Linda Cifor, John Cifor, and Gerald Cifor. He had many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins, many still living in Michigan. His longtime business associate in Benefits Access,Neville Guard, and his coworkers, Yolanda, Kate, Sherrie, Yasmin, and Christie, were his longtime friends. He lived life to the fullest and always tried to stay upbeat. He had many friends whose lives were fuller for knowing him.
To celebrate his life, there will be a Memorial Service at Hull's Walnut Creek Chapel on Thursday February 14th at 1PM with his family in attendance. In lieu of flowers,Patrick would have liked donations to be made to the Contra Costa County Food Bank , Red Cross, or the charity of your choice. He will be missed by all of us. Please pray for his soul.

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The Contra Costa Superior Court let The Dirty DUI Judge why do you think Pete Bennett created #deadwitness

The Contra Costa Superior Court and "The Dirty DUI"

Appearing in front of this Judge were the same officers arresting and ticketing Pete Bennett.

Judge Joel Golub

Well known to Commander Norman Wielsch, Deputy Tanabe, District Attorney Mark Peterson and Officer Luis Lombardi. T

his crew plus many more to be revealed soon part of theft extortion operation never seen before.

The Traffic Commisioner and Abuse of Authority Under Color of Law and Official

Bennett knows this judge from when he resided in the Town of Danville between 1996 and 2006. Bennett was robbed of his inheritance, cars and family while enduring surreal duress. Golub had ample opportunity to assist Bennett with issues connected to the Police in the Town of Danville. Instead he chose to issue fines that became an immpossible hurdle to overcome.

Golub's Role in a Parental Abduction

The abuse of Judge Golub that he effectivey sealed the fate of the abduction of Bennett's son.

There is no question that Golub knows the ex-wife of Pete Bennett. He was duly informed of multiple attempts on Bennett's which includes the attempet murder via arson. What is better the coconspirators decided the best way to terminate his ex-wife as a witness was burn down the Town of Paradise by using PG&E as the usual scapecoat.

The Chief Murderer of Contra Costa Sheriff

This is the former Chief of Police of the Town of Danville who told Bennett the 9/11 tapes.

Pete Bennett carried an $850,000 Prudential Life Insurance Policy plus an inheritance valued at more than $500,000 and receivables from Albert D. Seeno, SBCGlobal and several others. All of those assets lost in a complicated scheme that was structered within the Mormon community.

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Innocence Cases, False Convictions and Exonerations

Death Penalty

Topics from Elections to Qaudruple Homicides to Missing Children

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Death Penalty

Topics from Elections to Qaudruple Homicides to Missing Ch

False Convictions

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False Convictions

Evolution not Revolution

Exonerations

Topics from Elections to Qaudruple Homicides to Missing Children

False Convictions

Evolution not Revolution

Death Penalty

Topics from Elections to Qaudruple Homicides to Missing Children

False Convictions

Evolution not Revolution

False Convictions

Evolution not Revolution

Death Penalty

Topics from Elections to Qaudruple Homicides to Missing Children

False Convictions

Evolution not Revolution

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#deadwitness - Jamey Sheets the Pharmacist known to Pete Bennett

Was Safeway Pharmacist Jamey Sheets Suicided

Pete Bennett knew Jamey Sheets through his connection to Doc's Pharmacy. Mr. Sheets facing potential felony charges via threats from the same DA investigators linked the Sheriffs Coroner linked to the murder in Bennett vs. Southern Pacific.

Who is Pete Bennett 
Pete Bennett has been resident of Contra Costa County since 1978 arriving from San Franciso Ca but was a resident of Cape Coral Florida, Prior to that was a resident of Mountain Lakes NY, prior to that was a resident of Baldwin NY and New York City NY

Connections to Pete Bennett 

Jamey Sheets was the pharmacist facing indictment for murder of his patients who died from Spinal Meningitis. Pete Bennett was friends with the owner of Doc's Pharmacy since 1978 when the owner hired him to build a trellis. When Pete had is sons at John Muir Hospital in 1996 and 1998, he brought them to Doc's Pharmacy to meet the owner and Jamey Sheets.

Connections of Pete Bennett to George Stahl 

George Stahl - UPS driver in the San Francisco East Bay in Concord died of spinal meningitis in connection to the bacterial deaths at Doc's Pharmacy in Walnut Creek 

Meningitis Scan

Fire the Pharmacist at Safeway

The Safeway Store located at 600 S. Broadway Walnut Creek has more than one nefarious scenario linked to deaths of residents.

Was Safeway Pharmacist Jamey Sheets Suicided

Pete Bennett knew Jamey Sheets through his connection to Doc's Pharmacy. Mr. Sheets facing potential felony charges via thrests from the same DA investigators linked the the Sheriffs Coroner linked to the murder in Bennett vs. Southern Pacific.

Fire the Pharmacist at Safeway

The Safeway Store located at 600 S. Broadway Walnut Creek has more than one nefarious scenario linked to deaths of residents.

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Sheriff ~ Richard K. Rainey – 1979-1992

Sheriff Richard Rainey

Pete Bennett remembers, he remembers the murders, the locations and details buried in the archives of Contra Costa Sheriff/Coroner

Richard K. Rainey – 1979-1992

Rainey rose up through the ranks, serving in every division before becoming the department's highest-ranking official. He was the first one to assume the Marshals’ function in addition to the roles of Sheriff and Coroner.

Like many of his predecessors, Rainey went on to serve the citizens of this county in different respects, first as an state Assemblyman and later as a Senator.

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US Attorney ROBERT S. MUELLER III, Two Murders near the 1978 Concord Hash Bust

ROBERT S. MUELLER III,

Wow look at all that hash what a stash

Robert Mueller (left), assistant U.S. attorney, with Daniel Ad dario, federal special agent in charge, with huge hash seizure.Photo: Joe Rosenthal / The Chronicle 1978

Robert S. Mueller may be the most recognizable lawyer in America, a former FBI director now heading the special counsel investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election.

But he was just another young law enforcer when he was introduced to Chronicle readers more than four decades ago — in an Aug. 3, 1978, photo, standing next to a towering mound of confiscated hashish.

Richard K. Rainey – 1979-1992

Rainey rose up through the ranks, serving in every division before becoming the department's highest-ranking official. He was the first one to assume the Marshals’ function in addition to the roles of Sheriff and Coroner.

Like many of his predecessors, Rainey went on to serve the citizens of this county in different respects, first as an state Assemblyman and later as a Senator.

CA-El Dorado CA-Contra Costa

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1947 Wedding Announcement

Mr. and Mrs. David Leslie Milne advisor to President Kennedy died just before his client was assassinated

Wilson Cobbold Bennett

Mr. and Mrs. David Leslie Milne of 417 Park Avenue have announced the engagement of their twin daughter, Dorothea Leslie, to Wilson Cobbold Bennett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest H. Bennett of Montclair. N. J., and Orlando<

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NYC - OCME Public Affairs Office

How this agency may close the door on the death of David Leslie Milne or open a link to the assassination of President Kennedy. 

Reporting a Case

• Reportable Death Criteria
• Procedures for Reporting Deaths
• Notes and Definitions for Physicians
• Training Resources to Improve Cause of Death Reporting

Reportable Death Criteria

OCME has jurisdiction over deaths occurring under the following circumstances:

• All forms of criminal violence or from an unlawful act or criminal neglect
• All accidents (motor vehicle, industrial, home, public place, etc.)
• All suicides
• All deaths that are caused or contributed to by drug and/or chemical overdose or poisoning
• Sudden death of a person in apparent good health
• Deaths of all persons in legal detention, jails or police custody
  • This category also includes any prisoner who is a patient in a hospital, regardless of the duration of hospital confinement
• Deaths which occur during diagnostic or therapeutic procedures or from complications of such procedures
• When a fetus is born dead in the absence of a physician or midwife
  • Stillbirths in the hospital need not be reported to OCME unless there is a history of maternal trauma or drug abuse, or the case has some other unusual or suspicious circumstance
  • Neonatal deaths from prematurity and its complications must be reported if the premature delivery was caused by maternal trauma or drug abuse
• Deaths due to disease, injury, or toxic agent resulting from employment
• When there is an intent to cremate or dispose of a body in any fashion other than interment in a cemetery
• Dead bodies brought into the City without proper medical certification
• Deaths which occur in any suspicious or unusual manner

OCME also investigates any case that may present a threat to public health.

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Procedures for Reporting Deaths

Deaths should be reported promptly to avoid delays in official investigations.

Police precincts and hospitals throughout the City telephone a Report of Death to OCME's Communications Department by dialing 212-447-2030, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; the Communications Specialist on duty records basic information concerning the circumstances of injury or death, and of hospitalization. The Communications Specialist then notifies an available OCME MedicoLegal Investigator (MLI).

The MLI will respond to the scene and obtain additional facts from family, friends, and police. If there are reasons for further examination or autopsy, the MLI will direct that the body be transported to an OCME facility. When death has occurred in a hospital, a field investigation is generally not conducted; instead, the investigation routinely consists of a review of hospital records with the reporting physician. Health care facilities reporting cases to OCME Communications must present the following completed and competent documentation:

1. ME Clinical Summary Worksheet 3.0
2. Required Documents for All NYC OCME Cases_Revised Memo
3. ME Clinical Summary Worksheet Version 3.0 Instructions

Deaths occurring in health care facilities which do not meet the Reportable Death Criteria in 1 above need not be reported to OCME.

Deaths occurring within 24 hours of hospitalization from natural causes in which the diagnosis has been made with reasonable medical probability need not be reported, despite the fact that the patient survived less than 24 hours in the hospital; there is no "24-hour rule" in New York City.

Deaths due exclusively to natural disease need not be reported to OCME.

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Notes and Definitions for Physicians

1. Cause, Mechanism and Manner of Death
   
   The cause of death is the disease or injury responsible for initiating the lethal sequence of events. A competent cause of death should be etiologically specific.
   
   The mechanism of death is the altered physiology and biochemistry whereby the cause exerts its lethal effect. Mechanisms of death lack etiology specificity and are unacceptable as substitutes for underlying causes of death. Common mechanisms of death include congestive heart failure, cardiac arrhythmias, asphyxia, sepsis, exsanguinations, renal failure, and hepatic failure. The term "cardio-respiratory arrest" is, as a rule, meaningless for the purposes of death certification; it is a description of being dead, not a cause of death.
   
   The manner of death explains how the cause arose: natural or violent (accident, homicide, suicide or undetermined). Natural deaths are defined as those which are caused exclusively (100%) by disease. If an injury of any sort causes or contributes to death no matter how minor the contribution, the manner of death cannot be natural. OCME never uses mixed classifications of the manner of death (eg., natural/accident).


2. Proximate versus Immediate Cause of Death
   
   The underlying or proximate cause of death is that which, in a natural and continuous sequence unbroken by an efficient intervening cause, produces the fatality, and without which the end result would not have occurred.
   
   Intermediate causes of death are the complications and sequelae of the underlying cause. There may be one or more immediate causes, and they may occur over a prolonged interval, but none absolves the underlying cause of its ultimate responsibility.
   • For example, a man sustains a transabdominal gunshot wound with perforation of the colon. In spite of treatment over a period of three months, he develops peritonitis, septicemia, disseminated intravascular coagulation, hepatic and renal failure, bronchopneumonia, and adult respiratory distress syndrome. The gunshot wound is still the underlying or proximate cause of death, and such fatality must be reported to OCME.
   
   
   • As another example, if a person dies from complications of quadriplegia 10 years after an automobile accident in which (s)he sustained a cervical fracture with contusions of the spinal cord, the fatality must be reported because the injuries caused by the accident are the proximate cause of death.


3. In any instance of suspected poisoning or drug overdose, it is essential that the samples of blood, urine and gastric lavage, obtained at or about the time of admission to the hospital, be retained for appropriate chemical testing.


4. All indwelling tubes, intravascular catheters and drains should remain undisturbed in situ following a death which qualifies as an OCME case.


5. All organ or tissue donations from decedents in OCME cases should be cleared with OCME.

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Training Resources to Improve Cause of Death Reporting

Clinical physician staff needing assistance in completing death certificates for deaths in health care facilities should refer to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) training materials. If you have never previously completed training in Death Certificate completion, please click on "Training and Resources for Providers" and then "more information" under "Death Reporting" to find information about how to complete the cause of death. OCME should not be contacted for purposes of assistance with death certification.

The memorandum from the DOHMH Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Vital Statistics documents resources available for completing cause of death on New York City death certificates.

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#deadwitness ~ Cold Case Closed Wow News Release: Three Homicide Cold Cases Filed Due To Operation by FBI Safe Streets Task Force

 

News Release: Three Homicide Cold Cases Filed Due To Operation by FBI Safe Streets Task Force

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—September 15, 2020

Contact: Scott Alonso, 925-957-8638 office, 925-536-8110 mobile

scott.alonso@contracostada.org

Three Homicide Cold Cases Filed as a Result of Years-Long Operation by FBI Safe Streets Task Force

Martinez, Calif. – Today, the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office is announcing three homicide cold cases, involving multiple defendants who are gang members affiliated with the Sureños, were filed recently. The gang violence was focused in South Concord and near Monument Boulevard. This successful effort was due to the years-long investigation and operation led by the FBI Safe Streets Task Force and local partners, including Concord Police, FBI, U.S. Attorney’s Office of Northern California, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms along with our Office. Two cases were filed last week and one was filed yesterday, totaling four homicides involving 11 defendants.

Operation Boulevard Blues culminated in a major law enforcement operation last Thursday that resulted in the arrest of 31 individuals and involved 31 different law enforcement agencies. Thirty-four search warrants were executed in multiple locations across Contra Costa County and 42 firearms were recovered. The details of the operation were announced earlier this morning with our federal partners.

“Our local efforts working collaboratively with our law enforcement partners, especially Concord Police, will keep our community safer and take violent gang members off the streets of Concord,” said District Attorney Diana Becton. “This successful operation started with a wiretap and led to multiple gang members involved in senseless murders and violence being arrested. While these cases were not solved right away, Concord Police and the FBI Safe Streets Task Force did not give up and fortunately we can bring some closure to the victims’ families.”

Overall, the DA’s Office filed three separate homicide complaints involving the following gang members of the Sureños – all of the alleged four homicides were done for the benefit of the gang:

• People v. Michael Valdez, Andrew Cervantes, Daniel Rodriguez, Docket Number 01-194377-8
  • Victim is Marcos Villazon, Date of Alleged Murder is November 21, 2015
  • Victim is Luis Estrada, Date of Alleged Murder is November 30, 2015
• People v. Rafael Lopez & Juan Barocio Jr., Docket Number 01-194379-4
  • Victim is Victor Gutierrez, Date of Alleged Murder is April 17, 2014
• People v. Jose Cisneros, Marcos Ochoa, Luis Cruz, Aurelia Mendez, Antonio Mendez, Jose Ochoa, Docket Number 01-194418-0
  • Victim is Erick Cruz, Date of Alleged Murder is September 12, 2015

The criminal investigations because of this operation are still active and ongoing. All of the defendants charged by the DA’s Office remain in custody.

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#deadwitness ~ Frontline Documentary on Paradise Fire

 

Frontline Documentary covering the November 2018 Paradise Fire

Pete Bennett watched and waited in horror knowing his sons and ex resided in Holly Hills Mobile Home Park. He waited over a week to learn the fate of his fate of his former family. More tortuous was the response from the Walnut Creek Police and the city. There was no response at all.

The Paradise Fire

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