MARION, Ill. - A Marion man featured in the pages of Disclosure over the years after being involved in alleged bank fraud and cocaine use/trafficking has died, and a number of folks are expressing their concerns over the timing of his death.
Ryan Hughes, who has been featured in the articles shown at the hotlink on his name (many requiring a e-Edition subscription), died while at Herrin Hospital early Friday morning, December 21.
Hughes had been in and out of various hospitals and rehabs since a "fall" at his home in the Kokopelli neighborhood of Marion a year ago; we covered the matter in an article earlier this year.
Hughes, report associates of his, had been improving since that time and wasn’t expected to die.
These associates also note that Hughes had just turned 45 on December 10, an age at which his inheritance kicked in, this having been left by his late father, funeral home owner Larry Hughes.
The associates have also stated that Thursday, December 20, was the last day public aid paid for Hughes' nursing home stay at this facility.
These could be mere coincidences...but Hughes' associates don't think so.
However, whether anyone will ever look into these "coincidences" is kind of a foregone conclusion, which is to say...they won't.