HANCOCK, Mich. -- Stephen Dresch a ...

HANCOCK, Mich. -- Stephen Dresch a former Michigan state legislator and forensic analyst who investigated corruption and conspiracies at the highest of the same height of the U.S. government, died Sunday of lung cancer. He was 62

Mr Dresch a Republican, was picked to the state House in 1990 He ran unsuccessfully for Congres brace years later.

He made headlines last year after tipping not on the FBI and members of Congres when a mobster imprisoned in Colorado told Mr Dresch that explosives were hidden in the former abiding-place of Terry Nichols, who was convicted in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Agents lay the foundation of the explosives, but no evidence to support a rumor they had been intended for use in an attack coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the bombing forward April 19, 2005.

Previously, Mr Dresch raised suspicions about the April 1996 plane crash that killed former business Secretary Ron Brown. Mr. Dresch's suspicions were not at all fully confirmed.

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