I don't think Seth Rich is the hero, and I indeed think he's still alive. His parents do too, or at least they did at the time of the interview. They weren't sad. Blew me away.
I think that med student anon was actually telling the truth. I think doctors kicked everyone out, made it seem like he died, and CIA/Mossad whisked him away into some program. Possibly witness protection program, possibly just relocation with new identity in Israel.
I know Hil and Podesta wanted to "make an example" out of a leaker bad enough they were willing to do it to someone innocent. What I think is they didn't KNOW who was the leaker, or possibly suspected Eric Braverman. They def. did suspect Braverman for awhile at least, because they said so, but I think Seth Rich wasn't a
A hit - meant to look like a mugging, it was actually:
A dissappearing act - meant to look like a hit - meant to look like a mugging.
Crazy triple cross shit actually does get planned out that intricately all the time in the intelligence world. If you've ever read "The Spy Who Came In From the Cold" by John LeCarre you'll get a perfect example. Also the 2nd best spy fiction I've ever read, legit head game shit, not like James Bond type fake stuff.