John Barnett, a former quality control engineer at Boeing who-just last week-testified against the company as part of a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit, has been found dead, the BBC reports.
Barnett, 62, who previously worked for Boeing for three decades and retired from the company in 2017, was found at his motel in Charleston, South Carolina on Saturday.
The local coroner's office says Barnett appears to have died as the result of a self-inflicted gunshot.
After his failure to appear, a call was put out to look for Barnett.
He was subsequently found dead in his truck, which was in the parking lot of the motel he was staying at, the outlet writes.
Gizmodo asked the coroner's office if an autopsy had been performed on Barnett.
The Charleston County Coroner, Bobbi Jo O'Neal, is releasing the name of John Barnett, a 62-year-old male from Louisiana.
Mr. Barnett died on March 9, 2024, from what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Charleston City Police Department is the investigating agency.
A subsequent FAA investigation seemed to substantiate some of Barnett's claims.
The lawsuit that Barnett was involved in at the time of his death was a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit that he had filed against the company.
Barnett accused Boeing of pushing him into retirement in response to the safety concerns he raised.
Gizmodo also reached out to an attorney for Barnett but haven't heard back yet.
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