A Thickening Plot

(Westerville, Ohio) All right, here's the story. A doctor, married to a policewoman, is under investigation by the county sheriff and the FBI for lying to public officials and stealing morphine from the scene of a suicide. He's also under investigation for drug dependency, impersonating an FBI agent, and using the identity of a man killed in an automobile accident in January.

The doctor is David A. Rath and he was the Delaware County Coroner when all the alleged improprieties occurred. Rath resigned as coroner two weeks ago and, last week, he was indicted by a grand jury for lying to officials. And, even as I write, the investigation continues and the plot thickens.

Mike Meckler has the details of the story and contends that it all sounds like a bad TV movie. I disagree and suggest to Mike that he check out what is currently being programmed on the tube. Hell, in comparison, the Rath story would probably make good television viewing. It's got all the elements of a hit series save maybe some salacious sexual content and a murder.