Two other targets of the investigation committed suicide before testifying, Tennessee Secretary of State Gentry Crowell, in December 1989, just before he was scheduled to testify for a third time before a federal grand jury, and State Representative Ted Ray Miller of Knoxville, after being charged with bribery.
Two other participants in the investigation ended their lives before testifying: Tennessee Secretary of State Gentry Crowell, who took his own life in December 1989, just prior to his third appearance before a federal grand jury, and State Representative Ted Ray Miller of Knoxville, who did so after being accused of bribery.