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 individuals involved in the investigation ended their lives before testifying. Tennessee Secretary of State Gentry Crowell took his own life in December 1989, just before his third scheduled appearance before a federal grand jury, and State Representative Ted Ray Miller of Knoxville did so after being charged with bribery.