Update
on Stefan Marinov's death .
On 18
to 20 of August, I and Dr. Paul LaViolette visited the city of Graz
to investigate the accident.
We visited
the University of Graz at the back of the Bibliotheque at Universitatsplatz
2, A 8010-Graz, where Stefan Marinov presumably jumped off from the
top of the four level outside emergency staircase to the street. According
to the librarian only one student show Stefan actually jumping off.
The name of the student is not known to us. The body of Stefan was found
lying on the street below the staircase by Professor Ernst Ebermann.
Stefan was not bleeding and initially Professor Ebermann thought he
was sleeping there. He was still alive. Stefan left no cry or cries.
The ambulance was called and Stefan died on his way to the Hospital.
The bicycle with which Stefan presumably arrived there, is still there,
locked and unnoticed (at least up to 19/9/1997). No body else noticed
the accident, except first the assumed student and later Professor Ebermann,
and perhaps a few other people later.
According
to Professor Ebermann, a brightly visible fluorescent spot, about
the same size and in the same exact position with the body, was
left on the asphalt of the street, for 3 days, after the removal of
the body, without an apparent cause for the spot, or without being due
to any bleeding of blood or another liquid coming from Stefan's body.
The Police
has made no official announcement today. Apparently, they did not investigate
the case obviously in depth, since the bike is still by the place of
accident, locked and unnoticed. The apartment of Stefan is sealed by
the police and nobody is allowed to enter, except for his son Marin
Marinov who entered for a brief time on 6 or 7 of August 1997. His belongings
were not allowed to be taken and are still sealed there.
Stefan
left various letters typed over his typewriter and bearing his signature.
In a particular letter, he was asking me to be notified immediately
and a few others. The police never made the notification to anybody.
The authorities
of Graz refuse any value for the letters and to his last will, for it
bears only one signature without witnesses. The case of Stefan Marinov
and his letters were given to the city Advocate: Dr Egbert Sprenger,
Joanneuming 11, A-8010 Graz.
In the
morning of 19/8/1997, we, together with Mr. Jeorg Deisting visited the
offices of the city advocate Dr E. Sprenger. The said case and letters
were there, but, we were refused of any information. We strongly protested
against the refusal, but, eventually, we had to leave without getting
any information.
The son
of Stefan Marinov, Marin Marinov is currently Deputy Minister of Industry
of Bulgaria and is in a delicate situation with respect to the death
of his father.
No one
knew or was told about the intended and assumed suicide of Stefan Marinov,
even his brother who talked to him on the phone one hour before Stefan's
death. Stefan had visited his son in Bulgaria 20 days before, myself
in Athens 15 days before, had written a letter to me 3 days before,
and had written letters to various other people, making appointments
or suggesting various future collaborations (to Professor Selleri for
example). 10 days before Stefan's death, Stefan had made a Hotel reservation
for me and himself for an International Physics Conference to take place
in Koln, Germany, on August 25, 1997.
Professor
P. T. Pappas
Markopulioti 28, Athens 11744, Greece.
e-mail pappasp@ibm.net
