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I suggest you read more of Steve Miller's articles about Las Vegas. I received this from him today, he titled it "to the las vegas police department"
I was Buffalo Jim Barrier's closest friend.
Buffalo and I have received threats on our lives over the past year.
We discussed these threats on Saturday evening and agreed they were coming from members of the Rizzolo family or his close associates who want to return to the strip club business.
Buffalo told me that Dominic Rizzolo would be the one to come after me, and he said that Bart Rizzolo would be the one to come after him.
This case MUST BE TREATED AS A HOMICIDE. All items recovered from the motel room must be preserved in a chain of evidence. The officers who described Barrier's death as from natural causes, should also be investigated, and their handling of all evidence should be double checked.
I believe the same persons who too my best friend's life would like to harm me, or members of my family.
Police who asked Barrier's daughters to come to the motel room to identify their father told them he died of natural causes. They said that the officers had never heard of Buffalo Jim Barrier, and appeared to have little concern.
Barrier's body MUST be given an autopsy. Barrier would not have died without a fight, and there must be witnesses at Motel 6 on the Boulder Highway. He was an experienced fighter, and was in perfect health.
Rolando Larraz told his sister of the death thirty minutes before the called me. I was the fist person they called. Larraz knew of the death before me. Larraz is an admirer of Fred Doumani and Joey Cusumano, both close friends of the Rizzolos.
During the past week, Barrier was involved in the sale of his sports memorabilia collection that is worth several million dollars.
He may have gone out Saturday evening to meet with the purported buyer who, according to Barrier, promised to give him a $75,000 down payment on his Mohammad Ali collectibles. This must be looked into also, and he buyers phone number can be traced to Barrier's business phone.
The buyer may have been involved in Barrier's death, and may have asked him to meet him Saturday evening.
Barrier's phone was also used on Friday to talk to the man who called him at his business and identified himself as a "hit man."
Barrier's family is ordering copies of his cell phone and business phone records.
I am personally concerned for my own safety and for the safety of my family. I have no faith in Clark County District Attorney David Roger who is closely associated with Rizzolo's lawyers, and accepted (then said he returned) $50.000 generated by Rizzolo at a fund raiser held at Rizzolo's home.
The police told Barrier's daughter that their dad took his own life. This is impossible because Buffalo had everything to live for, and loved his four children dearly.
Steve Miller
