Police: Dead man's claim of $200K coin buried at arboretum hoax - KCTV5
Police: Dead man's claim of $200K coins
buried at arboretum hoax
Writer's claim he buried $200,000 in gold, silver
before suicide sparks frenzy
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Writer's claim he buried $200,000 in gold, silver before suicide sparks frenzy
A Kansas City area sports writer posthumously sparked a local treasure hunt by posting coordinates to a purported stash of gold and silver on the Internet just before committing suicide - but his family and cops says it’s all a hoax.
Martin Manley reportedly shot himself early Thursday morning outside the Overland Park Police Department’s headquarters after allegedly spending months meticulously planning his own death.
But before doing so, the one-time Kansas City Star sports statistician -- who notably invented the NBA’s efficiency rating, which rates a player’s performance -- posted GPS coordinates on his personal website to what he asserted was $200,000 in gold and silver coins he had previously buried at a local arboretum.
According to KCTV 5 in Kansas City, the farewell note set off a circus with numerous local residents showing up to the arboretum with shovels in tow.
The matter became such that local police posted a detail outside the Overland Park Arboretum to prevent eager treasure hunters from illegally digging on city property.
"You have a better chance of winning a prize from the Lotto than you do finding anything out here."
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