Lawyers for Boeing Whistleblower and RFK Jr. Dubious About Suicide Narrative, 'No One Can Believe It'

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Lawyers for the Boeing whistleblower who was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head Saturday are questioning the narrative that this demise was a suicide and are demanding a full investigation.

As we reported, 62-year-old former Boeing quality control engineer John Barnett was slated to give testimony about his safety concerns but failed to show up for a scheduled appearance and was later discovered in his orange pickup truck with a silver handgun in his hand and finger still on the trigger. There was also reportedly a suicide note, but the contents of that have not been released.

Although the Charleston County, South Carolina coroner ruled the cause as a “self-inflicted” wound, Barnett’s attorneys aren’t buying that narrative:

“We need more information about what happened to John,” attorneys Robert Turkewitz and Brian Knowles, who represent former Boeing manager John Barnett, said in a statement Tuesday. “The Charleston police need to investigate this fully and accurately and tell the public.

“We didn’t see any indication he would take his own life,” they added. “No one can believe it.

“No detail can be left unturned.”

Barnett, a 32-year veteran of the aircraft company who worked at Boeing’s North Charleston plant, had been sounding the alarm since his 2017 retirement about some scary safety issues:

Barnett’s death came during a break in depositions in a whistleblower retaliation suit, where he alleged under-pressure workers were deliberately fitting sub-standard parts to aircraft on the assembly line…