Phil Schneider was an extraordinarily brave man who knew that he was going to be killed because of the information he was revealing to the American public in the Spring/Summer of 1995.He was murdered on or about January 10, 1996  in Oregon. His ex-wife, Cynthia Drayer, was notified about a week after his death. Local police originally called it a natural death by stroke, but later changed it to suicide when an autopsy (insisted upon by Phil's ex-wife) revealed marks around his throat-indicating death by strangulation. Apparently, according to the Sheriff's report of "suicide", Phil was able to remove the garroting used to strangle him, prior to the police discovering his body-since they claim they couldn't find anything 'suspicious' about his death.