Dr. Dan Kliman of Oakland was a ubiquitous presence at Bay Area pro-Israel demonstrations. His remains were discovered in a San Francisco elevator shaft on Monday, Dec. 1
Rumors swirling about demise of fiery pro-Israel activist Dr. Dan Kliman
By Joe Eskenazi
A family member of Dr. Dan Kliman confirmed to SF Weekly that a San Francisco Police inspector told him the police have "evidence" that Kliman died attempting to climb out of a stuck elevator in the historic Sharon Building at 55 New Mo
By Joe EskenaziOn Tuesday, readers of the San Francisco Chronicle were informed that Dr. Dan Kliman was a quiet, retiring sort. Today, they read that he walked into an open elevator shaft and plunged to his death. Anyone who knew Kliman would scoff at the former, and Inspector Matt Krimsky of the San Francisco Police Department says his "words have been twisted around" to infer the latter. "He gets into the elevator car. For some inexplicable reason, the elevator gets stuck between floors -- we
UPDATE: Dan Kliman's body was released to his family at 3 p.m. on Thursday according to Tom McDonald, an inspector in the medical examiner's office. McDonald added that the investigation over the cause of Kliman's death is ongoing. The autopsy was completed on Thursday and McDonald said it would be "several weeks" before results are ready. By Joe EskenaziYesterday morning, Matt Krimsky, the San Francisco Police Inspector investigating the mysterious death of Dr. Dan Kliman at the bottom of an el
By Joe EskenaziThe San Francisco Police Department's may have called in a platoon of new investigators to probe Dan Kliman's death, but, for all we know, they brought in a troupe of Marcel Marceaus.Gone are the days when garrulous Inspector Matt Krimsky would give detailed breakdowns of the police's working theory and shoot off classic one-liners like: "There is no evidence of foul play whatsoever. Underscore that, bold it and print it with an exclamation point." Sgt. Wilfred Williams, the
Dr. Dan KlimanSF Weekly has obtained a copy of the Medical Examiner's final report for Dr. Dan Kliman, the pro-Israel activist who fell to his death in an elevator shaft at 55 New Montgomery in November of last year. The ruling: Death by blunt-force trauma, accidental. Also, "multiple defects" were detected in the door of the elevator Kliman tumbled out of. We will deliver an update as soon as possible with details from the report. See all SF Weekly's Kliman stories here. UPDATE, 3:45 P.M.: In a
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