The charred body covered with feathers, after 8 decades still makes investigators helpless

Having a rich and affluent life is something that people often aim for. However, to achieve the goal, everyone has to go through many ups and downs as well as dangers, even more enemies. One of them is the case of millionaire gold miner Harry Oakes, he paid with his life.

“Golden Mine Millionaire” Harry Oakes with his wife, Lady Eunice.

When he was young, he got rich and donated money to charity for the poor

Harry Oakes was born in 1874 in Sangerville (USA) into a wealthy family. Therefore, from a young age he was oriented and saw opportunities to get rich. At the age of 20, he dropped out of medical school when he heard the news that he had discovered a gold mine in the Yukon and decided to go there to find a way to develop his career.

Although he had an early goal, for the next 15 years, Mr. Harry could not mine gold in Death Valley, New Zealand, Philippines, Australia… In his despair, he was suggested by a local to go to Kirkland Lake because may have large gold mines.

Putting all his heart into the last ray of hope, he borrowed all of his mother’s savings to fly there to carry out the plan. Finally, God has mercy, Harry has found the second largest gold mine in the world, helping him make a fortune and become a gold mine millionaire in the 80s.

From a young age, Mr. Harry had a rich orientation and knew how to look for development opportunities.

By 1940, it was estimated that Harry’s total fortune was up to 200 million USD (about 3.7 billion VND). Many people who have come into contact with him said that on the outside Harry is a playboy and enjoys life, but behind him, he often organizes charity events for the poor, so everyone loves him very much.

After going through many ups and downs, he married Eunice Maclntyre and gave birth to 5 beautiful children. Everything for Harry is now too perfect, both materially and spiritually happy. He often brings his family on vacation to the most luxurious places, eating specialties of the elite every day.

His house in his hometown, at that time, was considered the most luxurious.

Misfortune came too quickly, there was no time to turn back

According to the original plan, in July 1943, Harry’s family would come to the US to settle down, but he delayed and decided to stay at home because of business. On July 6, he welcomed the journalist as well as his childhood friend – Harold Christie, to visit his house and introduce his large farm.

On the evening of 7/7, both of them were tired after eating and drinking, so they decided to go to their own room to sleep. However, only a few hours later, on the morning of July 8, Harold went to his room to call his friend to find Harry had been burned to cinders. Only the black body covered with feathers remained on the bed, and the heat still lingered around the room.

The crime scene where Harry Oakes was burned with gasoline.

Terrified, Harold immediately informed the police and Harry’s family about the incident. According to the initial autopsy, this body was indeed Mr. Harry’s, on the skull there were signs of cracking as if something had been hit hard. It seems that the killer killed him by hitting him on the head, then burned the body with gasoline to erase the traces.

Not only burned the bedroom, the perpetrator also burned Harry’s private car. Harold said that Harry’s bedroom and mine were far apart, so he didn’t know what was going on. The two played together until 11 o’clock at night before separating, not finding anything unusual before.

Harry Oakes’ death shocked every billionaire and elite of his time. Although he did enjoy himself, it was all his money, not borrowed from anyone. Not to mention, he also treated people very well, or did charity work, so the people around everyone cried.

Everyone mourns for the talented but unlucky man.

There are many suspects, but the culprit is not one

Mr. Harry’s journey to riches is very long, so it is natural to offend anyone or bring in more enemies. Many people believe that it was his opponents in business that hired people to kill. However, all suspicions of the police turned to Count Alfred de Marigny – Harry’s son-in-law.

According to the police, Marigny is the beneficiary of all of Harry’s assets, so he always wants to kill his father-in-law soon. Before that, there were rumors that this guy didn’t get along very well with Mr. Harry. And yet, Marigny’s fingerprints were found on a painting in billionaire Harry’s bedroom.

Harry’s son-in-law is Marigny (centre) when he comes to the police station for questioning.

However, Harry’s wife, Eunice, did not believe that family members would kill each other, so she protested and asked a private detective to investigate. After nearly 2 months of investigation, Marigny was found innocent because there was no evidence. Therefore, the police directed the case to another person, which was his close friend Harold present at the scene that day.

“Harold’s testimony is not clear and has a vague direction. He said he didn’t hear anything when Harry was murdered. In addition, Harold still owes Harry a large amount of money that he cannot repay. This is also the case. maybe the engine” – Police investigation said.

Although many theories have been devised about the case, all lead to a dead end, with absolutely no evidence to convict anyone. The killer has never been found and the list of suspects runs through pages.

In the end, Harry’s killer was never brought to light.

While the police were struggling to find the culprit, they received a message: The bodies of two security guards were found at Harry’s house on the night of the tragedy. Although the scene was a simple drowning, authorities said, this was the result of a murder plot.

After years of investigation, the police still could not find a clue, the case gradually reached a dead end and had to be closed. Mr. Harry is now resting at the Dover-Foxcroft cemetery (USA). Now, every time I recall it, everyone mourns for a talented man who loves the poor but his fate is too cruel.

According to Theguardian, Dujour