Suicide or murder?
Posted on April 3, 2007
Filed Under Skating, Sports News
On Mar 112007 pro skateboarder Ben Pappas, Tas Pappas’s younger brother was found dead in Melbourne, Australia. He was found in the the waters of Melbourne.It could be a suicide, but the police are investigating the circumstances of his death to find out if it really is a suicide or a murder. He was a pro skateboarder but dropped off because of the personal problems he had, especially the drug problem, a war he could not win. Wandering in an suspicious circle of friends, Pappas former girlfriend, Lynette Phillips a recovering long-term drug addict was murdered and the police considered somehow he was related with the murder, maybe guilty for it. She had been beaten until she died and thrown in a river.
 
At the age of 21, in the year 1999, Ben was arrested trying to pass unnoticed with 103 grams through Melbourne’s airport packed into the sole of his skate shes. That practically ended up his career in skating.
Another skateboarder died in the last week in Melbourne. Shane Cross was the passenger of the motorcycle driven by Ali Boulala, a friend of his who also was a skateboarder. The motorcycle they were on crashed into a hotel wall last Wednesday
and Shane died instantaneous. Ali survived the accident but he is in a critical condition at the hospital, Doctors say he has a good chance to survive but won’t be able to enjoy life as he did before.
