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The son of online gambling portal owner Kenneth Weitzner revealed on Sunday that both his stepfather and mother died of an apparent lethal dose of pills and carbon monoxide some time late Wednesday night with the bodies discovered Saturday morning.
Weitzner was the founder of TheRx.com and EOG.com. The later website, a sports betting portal, he still owned.
Posting under the handle of "Montana", the son writes:
As you can imagine this is a terrible time for our family. I have lost my beautiful mother and my close friend and stepfather Ken.
I just want to come on EOG to confirm the loss. Ken and my mother have passed away. They took their own lives sometime late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning with sleeping pills carbon monoxide...
I want to let all of you know that he loved EOG and the posters...it was his passion. He mention this in a note he left for me and wanted to say he was sorry for leaving you all...mostly Mo, Blondie, Ball, and Jimmy who worked so hard to keep EOG rolling. I am at his desk...crying my eyes out as I type..
They left no reason for what they did thou I have my own ideas....I am just very sad and my heart is broken...I lost my best friend of the last 40+ years and the greatest mom a fellas could have....my heart is truely broken. If there is a heaven I know my mom is there planting flowers and waiting on her family to arrive one day....Ken's family...by brother, our wives and their heartbroken grandchildren will celebrate their lives on Tuesday.
I know that there has been a lot of rumors flying around and I must admit I was worried this past week that something horrible had happened and my gut was right. I just wanted to come on and share with the folks at EOG what is the only truth in this terrible day....THE SHRINK and my mother are dead..
Thanks for all the good times EOGers...!!
And those who love to to be cruel and run them down...find a new big bad wolf..
No official police report has been made public, however, nor were local media outlets aware of the apparent double suicide. Local media is in the process of trying to learn more.
A double suicide/murder, especially one involving a multi-millionaire, in a relatively small community like Chesapeake, Virginia, is big news.
Local law enforcement and the coroner's office would have to determine the exact cause of death and whether foul play was involved.
As of today no report on this event was filed by police in Chesapeake or the immediate area (see: Here)
Updated: There is a planned funeral for both Kenneth and Jacqueline Weitzner on Tuesday, April 13th. Click here.
Ken Weitzner did a Podcast with John Kelley on Wednesday, April 7th and sounds very lucid and animated as they discussed the Duke win. Interestingly enough, he also discusses gambling management. Ken states that he never bets more than he can afford to lose. This night, April 7th according to his son-in-law, is when he and his wife may have reportedly committed suicide. You may listen to the Talk Zone Podcast from that date here.
Weitzner was rumored to have owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in gambling debts, specifically $500,000 to an online sportsbook Matchbook.com.
Gambling911.com will continue to monitor this story as it develops.
Christopher Costigan, Gambling911.com Publisher
