 News of Garrison's investigation was reported in the New Orleans States-Item on February 17, 1967.On February 22, 1967, less than a week after the newspaper broke the story of Garrison's investigation, David Ferrie, then his chief suspect, was found dead in his apartment from a brain aneurysm.Garrison suspected that Ferrie had been murdered despite the coroner's report that his death was due to natural causes.