Kenneth Trentadue Didn't Kill Himself
By Jose Galison
On February 9, 2023, I went on TimCast IRL and wore a T-shirt with the words "Terrance Yeakey Didn't Kill Himself.” The audience was told how Yeakey deserves to be remembered as an American hero and that there are people still walking free with his blood on their hands.
On March 3, 2023, less than a month after the appearance on TimCast IRL, CNN published an article on Terrance Yeakey's suspicious death and surprisingly did, what many would consider, real journalism.
This is not to say that one event directly led to the other. Due to the nature of this sort of investigative journalism, it’s beyond certain the article was in work well before the TimCast IRL show. This is to say, it seems apparent there is a groundswell of interest in this topic and, as such, two main points can be extrapolated from these two situations.
One, now is the time to push for justice in the Oklahoma City Bombing, even if the only justice attainable is condemning the corrupt institution of the Department of Justice in the eyes of the public.
Two, this is how you do it, with a factual story that speaks deeply to our human nature, respect for human life, and has implications that expose the depravity of the aforementioned DOJ.
For those two reasons, it only logically follows to tell you, the reader, of another story. The story of the murder of Kenneth Trentadue that was ruled a suicide and the subsequent multi-decade long battle for justice by his righteous warrior of a brother, Jesse Trentadue.
Kenneth Trentadue joined the military during the Vietnam War and developed a heroin addiction around that time-something that would plague him for much of his early adulthood. He committed a bank robbery to fund his habit, was caught, did his time, and got his life back on track. He got married and had a newborn before he was picked up for a parole violation. He was crossing the Mexican border when this happened. His wife was Mexican and had family there.
See the thing was, this occurred as there was a nationwide hunt for John Doe 2 in the OKC bombing. Kenneth fit the description of John Doe 2 on multiple levels.
First, John Doe 2 was suspected to have fled to Mexico or Canada. Also, Kenneth had a very similar build and complexion to what the eyewitnesses reported JD2 to have. Additionally, Kenneth had a very similar pickup truck to what eyewitnesses reported seeing JD2 driving. Furthermore, Kenneth had a very similar, albeit generic for the mid-90’s, dragon tattoo on his left arm to a tattoo JD2 was suspected of sporting. Finally, JD2 was suspected to be a part of a faction, which was later learned to be the ARA (Aryan Republican Army), that robbed banks to fund their domestic terrorism and Kenneth had the misfortune of having a failed bank robbery in his criminal record.
Kenneth was then transported to the Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City. He also was inexplicably put in a special high security part of the prison despite being a model prisoner. He then "committed suicide" despite this being an area where that should be impossible.
According to prison officials, he was found hanging from a bed sheet. Weird thing is, when the family finally received his body, they discovered extensive cuts, bruises, & burns on his body. They thoroughly documented these injuries through photographs as you can see here.
Additionally, there were two fellow inmates that claimed they heard screams and other noises that sounded like torture. They both died before they could testify in court. One of a suicide and the other of a drug overdose. Coincidence? It's hard to tell, but it's awfully convenient for Kenneth's killers.
Furthermore, according to Jesse Trentadue, Norman Pearl, who provided technical analysis as an expert videographer for the Rodney King trial, was contacted by the FBI to check their camera that mysteriously had no recording of that night to ask him his expert opinion on whether the loss of video was done manually. The way Jesse tells Norman’s account of the story, they asked for no written report to be done, only verbal. He said the tape was erased manually. He was willing to testify. He reportedly died of a heart attack before he could do so.
According to Kenneth’s brother, Jesse Trentadue, Timothy McVeigh himself contacted Jesse to tell him he believed the FBI mistook his brother for Richard Lee Guthrie, who many believed was John Doe 2. Guthrie committed suicide shortly after Kenneth's death after saying he was going to blow the lid off the OKC bombing story. The coincidences keep piling up.
You'd think this would be the end of the story since Kenneth was, in the eyes of the public, “just a common criminal". No such luck for Kenneth's murderers. This unleashed their worst nightmare, Jesse Trentadue, Ken's brother, a former Marine, & one of the best lawyers in the country. Jesse set forth a crusade for justice against those responsible on all fronts: political, civil, criminal, & FOIA. As a result of this persistent endeavor, Jesse has pried a huge portion of the documents that have helped to expose the criminals involved in the OKC bombing from the hands of the federal government.
It's because of his enduring battle and the work of many researchers compiling and processing these documents and others that I have no qualms with asserting that the DOJ's hands are drenched in blood when it comes to the OKC bombing, to one degree or another.
The depravity of the FBI cannot be understated here. At one point, the FBI admitted to perjury and their legal defense was "it is within our authority to do so.” Also, remember the high security section of the prison that became Kenneth’s torture chamber mentioned earlier? The original internal prison order to send Kenneth to that section was turned in blank thus providing no reason or explanation for his placement there. Shortly thereafter, the blank order simply disappeared from the evidence record and 2 markedly different orders for his transfer somehow appeared. It’s like when a child tells a parent a terribly constructed lie and the parent feels disrespected that the child didn’t even attempt to lie well. These are examples of the arrogance and disregard for the rule of law by the FBI and one of many reasons why it needs to be rooted out and scattered to the wind.
Jesse is still fighting the fight to this day and has stated he will continue to do so until the day he dies. There is no need for him to do it alone. If you haven't caught on already by the title, I'd like to make Kenneth Trentadue and Terrance Yeakey something akin to a meme. A simple "Terrance Yeakey Didn't Kill Himself" or "Kenneth Trentadue Didn't Kill Himself" can move mountains, if done in concert with others. It speaks to us on a deep human level.
You never know what thing may set off a chain reaction. The death of Kenneth, whom the murderers likely thought was just an inmate that no one who mattered would care about, is what caused Jesse Trentadue to enter the fray. This produced the state of the OKC bombing story that we have before us now. The sources are there, and there is a trail of blood from the Oklahoma City bombing to the federal government and it should be obvious to anyone else who takes an honest look.
TERRANCE YEAKEY DIDN’T KILL HIMSELF
KENNETH TRENTADUE DIDN'T KILL HIMSELF
"Kenneth Michael Trentadue was tortured and murdered in August 1995, while incarcerated at the Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was strangled with plastic handcuffs or "flexicuffs." Kenneth Trentadue's family believes that he was murdered by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Above is a photograph of Kenneth Trentadue's neck. This photograph depicts the groove or furrow left on Kenneth's neck by ligature that was used to strangle him after he had been extensively tortured, and clearly shows the cross-tie like impressions caused by the locking mechanism of the plastic handcuffs."- Comment/Photo description provided for this article by Jesse Trentadue
Additional Resources:
· Executive Summary of Evidence Regarding the Murder of Kenneth Michael Trentadue and Cover-Up of that Crime - https://libertarianinstitute.org/documents/EXECUTIVESUMMARY_EVID_MURDR.CVRUP_KMT.031204.pdf
· Executive Summary Exhibits 1-23: https://libertarianinstitute.org/documents/EXECUTIVESUMMARYEXHIBITS1-23.pdf
· Executive Summary Exhibits 24-41: https://libertarianinstitute.org/documents/EXECUTIVESUMMARYEXHIBITS24-41.pdf
· Executive Summary Exhibits 42-64: https://libertarianinstitute.org/documents/EXECUTIVESUMMARYEXHIBITS42-64.pdf
· TalkingStickTV- Jesse Trentadue- Death, Lies, and Revenge in Federal Custody-
This was an excellent first article by you Jose. Thank you for it and looking forward to more written work by you.
Excellent insight, didn’t know about the OKC issues until now.