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INSIDE WEEK OF AUGUST 27-SEPT. 2, 2015 www.FloridaWeekly.com From JFK to 9/11 — Americans crave conspiracies. A spateVol. V, ofNo. 46 • FREE doctor murders with Florida ties is spawning new, wild theories. Passing of time Photographer explores evolution of places. conspiracy theory files B1 CONFIDENTIAL FLORIDA FILES Deceased holistic doctors Executive profile Meet Jeff Welch, the new CEO Dr. Jeff Bradstreet found dead 6.19.2015 Dr. Bruce Hedendaldala of Gardens Medical. Baron Holt esa Sievers Dr found dead 6.21.2015 Dr. Ter A18 found dead 6.21.2015 found dead 6.28.2015 ■ Dr. Jeff Bradstreet was found dead with a gunshotunshot toto hihiss BY BILL CORNWELL chest in a river June 19, 2015. Authorities say it was a suicide but Florida Weekly Correspondent theorists took issue with fi nding. The Melbourne based physician preached controversial autism r esearch, implicating vaccines. E DERIDE THEM, DECRY THEM AND ■ Dr. Baron Holt died unexpectedly June 21, 2015. The denounce them, and most of us 33-year-old chiropractor who once practiced in Naples, Florida, would like to think that we are was said to have been a vigorous athlete who was looking to W above them. We are talking con- “change the practice of healthcare so that we can relieve un- spiracy theories here, which are necessary human suffering, disease and early death,” according the intellectual equivalents of a to his website. bloody, three-car pileup on a busy high- ■ Dr. Bruce Hedendal was found dead in his car June 21, way. As with a gory automobile collision, 2015. The 67-year-old chiropractor out of Boca Raton was an we are at once repelled and intrigued by alternative medicine practitioner and robust athlete. conspiracy theories. We may hate our- selves for slowing to catch a quick peek at ■ Dr. Teresa Sievers was found murdered in her Bonita Springs an accident or setting aside time to read home June 28, 2015. The 46-year-old physician focused on an or speculate about the latest outlandish “integrated approach to metabolic and nutritional medicine, pr ovid- rumor, but more often than not w Antiques ing solutions to current biomedical problems, including biomedical e yield to our base instincts. Wood sculptures have become aging,” according to her website. Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott said when all is known books and movies will be written about the case. a hot commodity. 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You wander petition trailing him in the polls. from barn to shed to arena, remember- He emerged from the copter, unload- In most parts of the country, it is state ing what a piece of cheese or a chicken ed on his competitors, issued a ver- fair time again, but not so in Florida. finger looks like before it was one. bal death certificate for the American We of the endless summer have no Still, the timing of Florida’s own state dream; and then, to resurrect our crest- need to fear an early frost and gather fair seems a bit of a shame. We seem to fallen selves, he said he was raising our rosebuds while we may. Plenty of be missing all the fun just now. Des Moines Register. Candidates had the dead in his skill sets, like a famous time for that, so February seems as good Iowa had its 11-day extravaganza in 20 minutes to show off their political someone of 2,000 years ago. as any month to have our state fair. Des Moines this month, and what a assets before a hoot-and-holler audi- With a final flourish, he commanded Elsewhere, state fairs are a watershed show it was. It attracts a million or so ence drunk on carbs. The talent show a pop-up midway, free rides for the kids moment announcing seasonal change, attendees each year, “the single largest was the most entertaining aspect of the in his dream machine. a mellowing of summer on its way to event in the state.” exhibition. The sideshow done, he turned and fall, the last blast of warm weather to This could be an indication not much You might recall the last time presi- swept into the fair crowd as if he were do something mostly outdoors before is going on in Iowa the rest of the year dential candidates exposed their wares entering Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. The things get seriously cold again. Yet no or that this is the only place in the state before this fair-going constituency: only thing missing was the donkey, but matter when a state fair appears on you can find anything to check off your Republican candidate Mitt Romney it was probably in there somewhere. the calendar, they all share a uniquely bucket list. Either way, with hundreds remarked to his would-be fans, “Corpo- Will Rogers, who famously had little American appeal that speaks to our of exhibitors and more than 70 bizarre rations are people, my friend. Of course use for politicians of any stripe, once inner farmer. food combinations, it is a crowd pleaser. they are.” said, “You can take a sob story and a Everyone finds something entertain- This year, it had the additional draw This was like calling a building full of stick of candy and lead America right ing and the price of admission is pretty of a beauty pageant for 2016 presiden- children the same thing as a child. Rom- off into the Dead Sea.” much all-inclusive. The attractions are tial hopefuls. Thirteen Republicans and ney lost the popular vote among people The good folks in Iowa and a substan- plentiful, and move along on a schedule five Democrats put on their best faces who knew the difference. Though Rom- tial part of the Republican Party seem like apples on a conveyor belt, and the to schmooze the crowd. The only thing ney failed to win the presidency, he won determined to prove Rogers right. ■ smells, sounds, sights and colors hit all missing was a clone of Bert Parks and the consolation prize that year for “The the brain’s pleasure centers. the state of undress typically required of Thing I Wish I Had Not Said.” — Leslie Lilly is a native Floridian. From the midway to the exhibition pageant competitors. This year, all the candidates seemed Her professional career spans more than halls, it is a cornucopia of thrills, chills It hardly mattered. What was lacking wary of stepping in remainders on 25 years leading major philanthropic and hobbies gone wild. The food always in eye candy the candidates satisfied their way to success. They were care- institutions in the South and Appala- gets the star billing. It is a chance to eat our appetite for deep fried politics on ful to take their cues from the fair- chia. She writes frequently on issues of something so pimped out by its lack of a stick. going crowd to appear as if they actu- politics, public policy and philanthropy. nutrition it demands to be eaten, from Wanna-bes stepped eagerly onto a ally belonged there. They paid homage She resides with her family and pugs in a deep fried Snickers bar, to a bacon- hay-strewn “soapbox” provided by The to the cow molded from butter, ate Jupiter. Email her at [email protected]. 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