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David Widlak, 62, stops in to work at Community Central Bank in Mount Clemens for a few hours on a Sunday evening.
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Widlak is reported missing by a maintenance worker who finds the banker's car in the parking lot and his office in "disarray"; police say a security videotape shows Widlak walking out the rear door of the building about 8 p.m. the previous night.
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Sheriff's reserve officers search the North River Road corridor and Clinton River but find no sign of Widlak; his wife, Anne, issues a plea to the public, asks her husband to call home.
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The Macomb Daily, quoting former and current bank officials, reports Widlak formerly had a "big" gambling habit while living in Las Vegas; police check with Detroit casinos, find no link to Widlak; the bank's stock value falls for a third consecutive day.
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The Macomb Daily, quoting top bank officials, reports Widlak was working to lure new investors for capital reserves and the deal may have fallen apart just prior to his disappearance.
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Ray Colonius, the bank's chief financial officer, is named CEO of the financially struggling bank following an emergency meeting of the facility's board of directors.
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A $10,000 reward for information on Widlak's disappearance is announced; investigators say his cell phone was activated near St. Clair Shores around near midnight on the night he disappeared.
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The Macomb Daily reports Widlak, an attorney, was being sued, accused of bilking a Canadian woman's estate out of $150,000; losing suit could also result in loss of license to practice law.
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Sheriff says reward has failed to generate useful tips, says possibility of foul play "growing stronger."
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Macomb Daily reports Widlak had purchased a semi-automatic handgun in weeks before he disappeared; a New York newspaper reports he had called a golf club sometime before he vanished.
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Body believed to be Widlak found by duck hunters in marshy area of Lake St. Clair in Harrison Township.
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Dental records confirm body is Widlak; autopsy finds no sign of trauma, cause of death undetermined pending toxicology test results.
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A second autopsy commissioned by the family by the Oakland County medical examiner determines Widlak had an "execution style" gunshot wound to the back of the head; deputies recover Widlak's .38-caliber handgun in the lake six feet from where the body was found.
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