▁Sol utions ▁▁ ▁There ▁have ▁been ▁many ▁theories ▁of ▁what ▁really ▁happened ▁to ▁God f rey ▁and ▁who ▁killed ▁him . ▁" To ▁the ▁minds ▁of ▁Ken net , ▁Old mix on , ▁and ▁Christ ie ▁the ▁C athol ics ▁were ▁responsible . ▁North ▁declared ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁murder ed ▁by ▁the ▁pat rons ▁of ▁O ates , ▁to ▁give ▁currency ▁to ▁the ▁belief ▁in ▁the ▁Plot . ▁Sir ▁James ▁Fitz j ames ▁Stephen ▁ha z ards ▁that ▁O ates ▁himself ▁was ▁the ▁murder er , ▁and ▁is ▁supported ▁by ▁Mr ▁Tra ill ▁and ▁Mr ▁Lee . ▁L ' Est range ▁was ▁positive ▁that ▁he ▁committed ▁suic ide . ▁L ing ard ▁and ▁Sir ▁George ▁Sit well ▁have ▁given ▁the ▁same ▁ver dict . ▁Ralph , ▁Hall am , ▁Mac a ul ay , ▁Ran ke , ▁and ▁K lo pp ▁pron ounce ▁the ▁problem ▁un sol ved . ▁H ume ▁has ▁pron ounced ▁it ▁ins ol ub le ." ▁ ▁Myst ery ▁writer ▁John ▁Dick son ▁Car r ▁wrote ▁that ▁suic ide ▁by ▁h anging ▁was ▁impossible ▁as ▁the ▁marks ▁on ▁his ▁neck ▁showed ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁had ▁his ▁neck ▁broken ▁with ▁his ▁c rav at , ▁which ▁was ▁too ▁short ▁to ▁effect ▁a ▁break age ▁by ▁" drop ". ▁An ▁investigation ▁by ▁path ologist ▁Keith ▁Sim pson ▁( append ix ▁in ▁John ▁Dick son ▁Car r ' s ▁Death ▁of ▁Edmund ▁God f rey ) ▁con cur red , ▁con cluding ▁that ▁if ▁the ▁body ▁had ▁been ▁susp ended , ▁the