The National Enquirer is now reporting that the circumstances in which David Hans Schmidt's body was found are somewhat suspicious. According to their report, the shower stall in which Schmidt was thought to hang himself was too low; he would have had to curl his legs up cannonball-style. One would think that once asphyxiation began to set in, he would have started thrashing around, realized it wasn't working ... and just stood up. That is, unless he had a little help.

While the authorities are still treating it as a suicide, this latest revelation casts some serious doubt on that determination. Schmidt was said to be hanging for at least a day when authorities investigated because his house arrest monitor showed no movement. He was just days away from a two-year sentence for trying to extort a couple mil from the little emperor for his stolen wedding pictures. Could there have been something else on that memory card besides the wedding ... maybe Tom wearing Katie's bridal trousseau and white satin pumps while Katie towers over him with a riding crop.

In all fairness to worshippers of Xenu, Schmidt was said to have alot of other "powerful enemies", so one could surmise that any number of disgruntled victims decided to punch his ticket, but it almost seems as though authorities are sweeping it under the rug. That's all right, though - Horatio will find the fibers from said rug and tie them to the culprit(s).