The Diesel Community Looses A Brother Ari Squire
 

One of our fellow diesel heads passed away. For those of you that didnt know Ari Squire, he was an avid racer and sled puller that was a friend to myself and many others. If you ever got a chance to meet him you knew that he was a good man and was loved by everyone. He was the brains behind Hellafast Products. Ari, you will be sorely missed brother. :( :cry:

Lake Barrington man found dead was crushed by truck

Feb 25, 2008 @ 07:22 AM

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LAKE BARRINGTON - Lake County authorities say a Lake Barrington man found dead in his burning garage over the weekend didn’t die from the fire, but was instead crushed when the pickup truck he was working on fell on top of him.
Lake County Coroner Richard Keller has identified the victim of Saturday’s accident as 39-year-old Ari Squire.
Keller said Squire died immediately from crushing injuries to the chest.
The Wauconda Fire Department received a call Saturday morning about smoke coming from Squire’s garage.
Police originally thought the fire killed Squire, but Keller said he was dead before it started.


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What?!?

He talked me into sled pulling at the Houston nationals.

He was a real nice guy and was always willing to help out. he will be missed.:bye::cry:

do they suspect foul play?

i don't know him or anything about him. I hope his family and friends get through this.

No, it was purely an accident. His truck was not properly secured on jack stands and it fell on his chest. The fire is thought to be started by an overturned heater.

FYI- the second link in my first post is to the online guest register. Those of you that knew him should go and sign it.

Oh My God, I knew Ari real well, I hung out w/ him at both of the DHRA world finals.
One heck of a nice guy. Really new his stuff.
What a tragic loss.
My thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.

Sam, Ari was one of those people that never knew an enemy. He would literally take the shirt off his back for you if you were in need and was one of the nicest people you would ever meet. I dont think there was a mean bone in his body and you would never know if he was upset about something. His knowledge on building pulling trucks seemed limitless. He was a super human being and will be greatly missed. :argh:

That's too bad DD. I didn't know the guy but it sounds as though he was a good friend.

My heart goes out to the family.

D.

IIRC he is the guy with the White Duramax DRW and converted it to a SRW for the pulling.

I know for sure he hung out with us on Saturday in Houston last year. His truck was the only one I ever saw with more lights then Skipps, he was one heck of a nice guy.

Yep that is him. He had the yellow emergency lights on top and it said "Peacemaker"
on his truck.
In hindsight that said a lot about him.

Tracy pretty much sums it up, He was the nicest guy you would ever meet.

I didnt know the man but it sounds like he was one heck of a guy that would go out of his way to help others. My thoughts and prayers go out to his loved ones. god bless!

This is f- up guys. Here's the real story as we know it now....:madd:

Daily Herald | Lake County sheriff says death of Lake Barrington man was staged

THATS NUTSSSSS!!!!! Oh well, Sucks for everyone involved....Greed will do that !

Police: Suburban Man Killed To Fake Own Death - News Story - WMAQ | Chicago

Police: Suburban Man Killed To Fake Own Death
Investigators Say Motive Was $5 Million Insurance Policy
Filed By NBC5's Anthony Ponce

POSTED: 12:45 pm CST March 6, 2008
UPDATED: 1:28 pm CST March 6, 2008


LAKE BARRINGTON, Ill. -- Police said Thursday that what was originally ruled an accidental death in Lake Barrington on Feb. 23 is something much more -- a "diabolical plan" that is "stranger than fiction."

At a news conference Thursday, officers said they believe the death of 20-year-old Justin M. Newman was actually a premeditated murder. They said the killer, 40-year-old Ari Squire, switched identities with the victim before he killed him and then assumed the victim's identity. Police said Squire was trying to stage his own death.

Officers said Squire and his wife, Denise, took out a $5 million life insurance policy a couple of years ago, and they believe this was the motive for the killing. They also said Squire and his wife had e-mail contact after the date of the death. She is considered a person of interest, police said.

Police caught up with Squire on March 2 at a motel in Missouri. When authorities knocked on his room door, police said, they heard a single gunshot. When they entered the room, officers found Squire had apparently committed suicide.

Authorities said Denise Squire has been "less than candid" with investigators.

Watch NBC5 News at 5 p.m. for more on this story from reporter Anthony Ponce.

I wonder if the peacemaker actually had other meaning then we originally thought. Just looking at that picture of him pisses me off now.

No amount of financial trouble is worth doing this.

Im lost here Who was this thread started for and was he really who he said he was ?

Ari 'WAS??' a good guy, so we thought. Most of us DMax guys meet him from all around and personnaly down here in Houston for the Drags and sled pulls. Very nice guy, good to drink a beer with.....so we thought. He 'died' and our hearts poured out to him and his family, now we find the truth and it's just heart wrenching.

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Ya, now I PO'ed. Lost a 'friend' to an accedent.......turns out to be an insurance scam and lost a personnal friend to a suicide that may be a homocide... all in a few days.:argh:

And the truth is that he faked his own death then assumed the identity of someone that he killed , and when they found out he killed him self ? And it was all to get a Life Insurance Check

That is what is sounds like, but I am sure there are details that will still come out. Like Russel said he was a good dude so we thought. Skipp and I were talking about him just today about how we spent several hours with him in Houston last year.

What get to me though is the fact that he emailed his wife and asked how many people went to his service? That is just sick.

Wow, I really dont know how to feel now. I've been duped, Cheated. I actually prayed for him.I would never suspect him of such dishonesty.:DD:

Exactly...he was not who we thought he was so I dont think insulting us is going to make anything better.

Pretty much what i was going to say.

Sucky deal....goes to show ya, you just don't know who people really are.

Even friends....scary...but hug your wife, girlfriend, children, mother, father, brother....for they are truly people you can know, love, and trust.

Yeah, my ex-wife turned into a COMPLETELY different person after we got married. You wouldnt believe the things that were revealed when we were going through court. Just floored me at the double life she was living right under my nose and I was married to her.

Ok, don't trust anybody then....that works, too. :)

VERY few people i can trust.........alot of people we meet in life are great people, then they reveal their true colors.......

Wow thats a damn twist...

I have been reading alot about this, almost daily. If you google his name there is tons of stories about it.

His wifes attorney spoke today and proclaimed she passed a polygraph test.

Even though he was a nice guy on the cover I am glad he is burning in hell for what he did.

Wife did not know of scheme to fake husband's death, attorney says -- chicagotribune.com Link to wifes attorney.



Fake message assured mom he was OK
Missouri cop: 'I think I have Ari Squire here'

March 7, 2008
By Shamus Toomey and Dan Rozek SUN-TIMES NEWS GROUP
A financially-strapped Lake Barrington businessman faked his own death by using the body of a 20-year-old man he killed -- and then sent text messages to the dead man's mother, telling her he was OK but would be out of town for a week, police said Thursday.

But it wasn't Justin Newman sending those text messages. It was really Ari Squire using the already dead Newman's cell phone to cover up his crime, which had a potential goal of collecting on a $5 million life insurance policy, police said.

Squire, 39, put a gun under his chin and pulled the trigger in a Missouri hotel Sunday night, leaving investigators to sort out his sinister plot.

Police initially thought Squire died in his own garage Feb. 23 after a jack holding up his truck slipped while he was working underneath. But investigators -- thanks to a huge assist from Eureka, Mo., police officer Bob Watson -- unraveled the deception and figured out it was really Newman under the truck.

Squire killed himself after Watson found Newman's car outside a Days Inn hotel and went looking for the man who signed into Room 133 as "Justin Newman." Watson, a 17-year veteran and former undercover narcotics officer, spends some of his shift running license plates of cars in town, including those parked outside hotels near the local Six Flags amusement park. He's looking for secret meth labs, among other things.

A red, 1999 Pontiac Sunfire that was backed into a parking spot caught his eye thanks to a hanging front license plate. Watson looked up the Illinois plate on his squad car computer and was alerted to its link to a "missing and endangered" man from Illinois named Justin Newman.

Watson said he called Illinois authorities and got in contact with a Lake County sheriff's detective, who told him Newman worked for a man who just died under suspicious circumstances. Watson went to Room 133 and announced himself. But, despite repeated requests, no one came to the door.

Finally, Watson had the hotel management unlock it.

"There was a chain on the door, so we couldn't go any further," he recalled.

"I started to talk, to announce myself and say, 'Hey, we just need to talk to you to make sure you're OK.' And then a shot went off." Watson had to assume he was being fired upon, so he backed off and a two-hour standoff ensued. Watson eventually cut the chain and a police dog was sent in. The dog found the body, Watson said.

In the room was $3,300 in $100 bills, the gun, a laptop, a used box of Just For Men light brown hair dye, and paperwork in the name of Squire and Newman. The body had Newman's driver's license in its back pocket, Watson said.

Watson had photos of Squire and Newman sent to him. The body had a receding hairline and Newman didn't. The body had no tattoos on its forearms. Newman had a Chinese "J" on his forearm.

Then Watson looked at the upper arms of the body. There he found a tattoo of an American flag with a winged lion -- just like Squire's tattoo.

"I said, I think I have Ari Squire here," Watson told a Lake County investigator. "And I have a suspicion that the guy under your truck is Justin Newman. He was shocked." Fingerprints later confirmed it was Squire. And DNA confirmed the Lake Barrington body was Newman, police said.

Watson's theory is that Squire intended to leave a paper trail in Missouri pointing to Newman and then disappear. "To have everything in the world, and to take the life of a 20-year-old to cover your own debts and problems, you'd have to be a cold-hearted killer," Watson said. "Makes you wonder, if he's willing to do that, what else has he done?"

Contributing: Stefano Esposito, Mitch Dudek

Well.are we really to believe
 

Here is my two cents...

I knew Ari too. And everyone, including people that he employed on the construction site says the same thing. He was not capable of hurting someone. Do we really know who planned and did what? Denise was the ADMINISTRATOR of his medicare/health care practice! She is 10 years older than him, and worked for his father when he was in his 20s.

Stop second guessing your man code! You might have been right about him. Maybe him taking the bullet was for Denise's sake rather than his own.:igive:

Welcome aboard, I am 100% sure that the truth will never be told.

We will never know the truth about everything, what we do know is 2 people are dead. One was an 'innocent' victum and one was our 'friend'.:argh:

I know you all knew him, but I went to High School with him in the 80's in Santa Barbara CA, and the guy was a certified nutcase then! So when I read about his whacked out plan it did not surprise me one bit, guy was one :edit: up dude!!! I know most of you are saying, he was one of the nicest guys, who could ever be his enemy and there is not a mean bone in his body, I heard the same comments about Jeffery Dahmer!!!!

omg, this is so messed up. i was crying when i read the first thread now i am utterly bewildered. my family was in control of a manipulitive freak, who lied, stole, cheated, and abused my entire family. i cannot stand for people who would hurt others to gain for themselves.

I am working on a story for Dateline, NBC's network newsmagazine program, about Ari Squire and am interested in speaking with anyone who knew him. Complete confidentiality offered if wanted. Please contact me: 312-832-1853 - office; 773-895-6333 - cell; cathy.singer@nbcuni.com. Thank you, Cathy Singer (Producer/Dateline NBC)

Man who would have thought that this story would get that kind of attention?

No doubt. Wierd story all together and a year later....:humm:

I met him once, he was 'just on of the guys' as far as I was concerned.

i met him at dhra 07 in baytown.

I met him a couple of times at the races too. I would have never guessed.:humm:

before reading this i thought that there was still more to the story than what we all have read. but now i second guess that. thanks for the info.

i will encourage people to read this over here in the thread i started in the dp!