14 DAY TRIAL // The online encyclopedia Wikipedia has reported a variety of causes for the recent death of former Enron Corp. chief Ken Lay on Wednesday. As the news braked and reports mingle with speculations, Wikipedia refreshed the cause of death several times in accordance with whatever input it was receiving at that time.
At 10:06 a.m., Wikipedia's stated that Lay had apparently committed suicide. At 10:08, it reported that he died of both an apparent suicide and a heart attack in his Aspen home. Not a minute had passed and the cause of death was ruled as undetermined. At 10:09 a.m., after displaying a message that informed of no further official news, Wikipedia confirmed the suicide version, blaming the act on the guilt originated in the Enron fraud. And, at 10.12 a.m. Wikipedia finaly killed Ken Lay with a massive coronary heart attack.
Ken Lay, 64, former Enron chief was pronounced dead at Aspen Valley Hospital, after suffering a heart attack, just six weeks after a jury found him guilty of one of the biggest corporate frauds in the US.
Wikipedia representatives didn't comment on the matter but the site displays a waving of responsibility for all recent added materials, warning the visitors that the latest articles may contain misinformation, unencyclopedic content and vandalism.