MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich., Dec. 21 (UPI) -- A Detroit-area bank executive whose body was found after he had been missing for a month almost certainly took his own life, investigators say.
David Widlak's family disputes the Macomb County sheriff's finding of suicide, The Detroit News reported. The family arranged for a private autopsy by the Oakland County medical examiner and has hired a law firm to investigate the death.
Widlak, 62, chief executive officer of Community Central Bank and a Grosse Pointe Farms resident, was last seen at the office in Mount Clemens on Sept. 19. Duck hunters found his body in a lake a month later and his handgun was recovered nearby.
A piece of paper in his hand was unreadable after being underwater for weeks, the News said.
Macomb County Sheriff Walter Hackel said the case is not closed. But he said there is a "strong indication" of suicide and no evidence of foul play.
Todd Flood, whose firm was retained by the Widlak family, disagrees.
"All indication from our experts show that it's a homicide," Flood said. "Crimes don't happen in the middle of Ford Field. They happen in dark, secluded spots, and this is where this crime happened."
The gunshot wound to Widlak's neck was found by Oakland County Medical Examiner L.J. Dragovic. He reported Widlak was shot "execution style" while his Macomb County colleague David Spitz said the wound was probably self-inflicted.
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