Because this went over worse than a video of a bunch of handicapped people shouting / typing in a bunch of nonsense about werewolves, allow me to copy stuff from that link and post it here:
John Richard was a beloved member and hub of the 1:282 Fidonet network in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota... until the day he disappeared, and an amazing secret story came to light.
Additional Notes: The best summary of the John Paul Aleshe story came from the Associated Press on June 9, 2000:
In Indianapolis, he was Robert Paul Hoquim, a successful computer-saavy businessman who started an Internet provider company. But after he died of a heart attack, police learned he was a fugitive named John Paul Aleshe who had been on the run for 14 years charged with the attempted murder of an Irving, Texas, police officer. Aleshe, as far as investigators know, used more than 10 aliases. Aleshe died May 23 in the bedroom of his $300,000 home in Noblesville, about 20 miles north of Indianapolis. Noblesville police were trying to track down relatives when they noticed Hoquim's driver's license was a fake and his Social Security number belonged to a woman in St. Louis.
"That obviously piqued our curiosity a little more," Noblesville Sgt. Tom Madden said Wednesday.
Investigators got permission to search Hoquim's rented storage area. There, in the glove compartment of an old pickup truck, they found an envelope that contained a Colorado driver's license. The photo was of a younger man and the name on the license was John Paul Aleshe.
FBI fingerprints confirmed he was Aleshe - a name that pulled up a criminal history. Aleshe was wanted in Texas for attempting to kill an Irving police officer, for possession of controlled substances, theft of property and theft of computer software. He also was wanted in Colorado for issuing bad checks, said Dallas FBI agent Marjorie Poche.
Irving police officer Ned Thurmond arrested Aleshe in 1986 and was driving him to the station when Aleshe freed one hand and grabbed the officer. s gun, said Irving Police Department spokesman David Tull. In the struggle, the gun fired and Aleshe was shot in the hand, he said. After posting bond, Aleshe fled Texas. Investigators believe he started several successful companies around the country using a variety of names. All the businesses appear to be legitimate, police said.
As Hoquim, he was known as a Greenville, IN, native, a graduate of Indiana University and Cal Tech, as well as a Vietnam War veteran. Police now say none of that is true.
Thanks, BBS Documentary.com! There's more to the story at the link!
Look you jaded assholes, this guy was an attempted cop killer who treated FidoNet like a dirty diaper. I can't be the only one fascinated by this. I don't want to spoil anything, but they never caught him. He DIED having gotten away with it.
It also freaks me out every time I read about someone dying under 60. But that's this whole other thing.