Los Angeles police discovered a man who had formerly claimed to be a CIA agent decomposing in his car.<\/p>\n
Subsequent investigations into Jeffrey Alan Lash, 60, yielded some startling discoveries. In his Palisades Highlands condo, police found a cache of 1,200 firearms, 6.5 tons of ammunition, and $230,000 in cash.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe place is still loaded with tools, scopes, books, all kinds of craziness,\u201d said Lash\u2019s fianc\u00e9\u2019s attorney Harland Braun. \u201cIf you saw the place, you would know it was the home of an insane person.\u201d<\/p>\n
But Lash\u2019s collection isn\u2019t the only highly unusual aspect of his life and death. Evidently, Lash knew his death was impending, a byproduct of chemical weapons exposure during an overseas mission. He had instructed his fianc\u00e9 to leave his corpse inside his car, assuring her a secret agency would dispose of his body.<\/p>\n
The fianc\u00e9 obliged, but when she returned several weeks later she found his cadaver still inside the vehicle. That\u2019s when she contacted the authorities. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe told the neighbors he was a CIA agent,\u201d said Braun. \u201cHe certainly convinced his fianc\u00e9e, my client, that he was a CIA agent. But I don\u2019t think so; I think he was nuts.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lash was known by locals as Bob Smith. He frequented local restaurants and many of the staff commented that he and his fianc\u00e9 were peculiar, adding that Lash would become uneasy if anyone took pictures near him.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey always came in two separate cars,\u201d said Francesco Schiff with the Casa Nostra restaurant. \u201cHe always paid cash, always had raw filet mignon. They never ate with friends.\u201d<\/p>\n
Police worked through the weekend to sort and dispose of Lash\u2019s collection. They even called out bomb squad vehicles and an explosives sniffing dog.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s still unclear if Lash actually had any connection with the CIA or any other government agency, but it certainly has yet to be ruled out. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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