Boeing Whistleblower Warned Family Friend ‘If Anything Happens, It’s Not Suicide’ Before Death

[Clip starts Jennifer over ░░░░░░░░ phone I know that ░░░░░░░░ did not commit suicide ░░░░░░░░ s no way Clip ░░░░░░░░ SPENCER First tonight our ░░░░░░░░ Reporter Anne Emerson has ░░░░░░░░ information in the death ░░░░░░░░ Boeing whistleblower John Barnett ░░░░░░░░ close family friend of ░░░░░░░░ says he predicted he ░░░░░░░░ wind up dead that ░░░░░░░░ story could surface that ░░░░░░░░ killed himself But he ░░░░░░░░ her don t believe ░░░░░░░░ Ann EMERSON Tessa Barnett ░░░░░░░░ family friend Jennifer said ░░░░░░░░ had talked about this ░░░░░░░░ scenario playing out but ░░░░░░░░ word seemed like a ░░░░░░░░ He told her don ░░░░░░░░ ever believe it Clip ░░░░░░░░ Jennifer over the phone ░░░░░░░░ knew John because his ░░░░░░░░ and my mom are ░░░░░░░░ friends And so over ░░░░░░░░ years of togethers of ░░░░░░░░ celebrations and you know ░░░░░░░░ we ve all got ░░░░░░░░ and talked and you ░░░░░░░░ that s how we ░░░░░░░░ know each other EMERSON ░░░░░░░░ over And when Jennifer ░░░░░░░░ help one day Barnett ░░░░░░░░ by to see her ░░░░░░░░ talked about his upcoming ░░░░░░░░ in Charleston Jennifer new ░░░░░░░░ filed an extremely damaging ░░░░░░░░ against Boeing He says ░░░░░░░░ aerospace giant retaliated against ░░░░░░░░ when he blew the ░░░░░░░░ on unsafe practices For ░░░░░░░░ than 30 years Barnett ░░░░░░░░ a quality manager He ░░░░░░░░ recently retired and moved ░░░░░░░░ to look after his ░░░░░░░░ in Louisiana Jennifer He ░░░░░░░░ t concerned about safety ░░░░░░░░ I asked him I ░░░░░░░░ Aren t you scared ░░░░░░░░ in his voice and ░░░░░░░░ way he No I ░░░░░░░░ t scared he said ░░░░░░░░ if anything happens to ░░░░░░░░ it s not suicide ░░░░░░░░ know I know that ░░░░░░░░ did not commit suicide ░░░░░░░░ s no way He ░░░░░░░░ life too much He ░░░░░░░░ his family too much ░░░░░░░░ loved his brothers too ░░░░░░░░ to put them through ░░░░░░░░ they re going through ░░░░░░░░ now EMERSON And he ░░░░░░░░ told you not to ░░░░░░░░ it Jennifer Yeah Basically ░░░░░░░░ Not true He s ░░░░░░░░ too much to do ░░░░░░░░ breathing And he did ░░░░░░░░ had a lot of ░░░░░░░░ and things that he ░░░░░░░░ to do EMERSON What ░░░░░░░░ you think happened Jennifer ░░░░░░░░ think somebody got in ░░░░░░░░ and you know money ░░░░░░░░ buy anything nowadays it ░░░░░░░░ like and there s ░░░░░░░░ lot of evil in ░░░░░░░░ world I think somebody ░░░░░░░░ t like what he ░░░░░░░░ to say and wanted ░░░░░░░░ shut him up and ░░░░░░░░ t want it to ░░░░░░░░ back on anyone So ░░░░░░░░ s why they made ░░░░░░░░ look like a suicide ░░░░░░░░ The last time she ░░░░░░░░ Barnett it was at ░░░░░░░░ father s funeral in ░░░░░░░░ February He was one ░░░░░░░░ the pallbearers Sometimes family ░░░░░░░░ friends refer to him ░░░░░░░░ his middle name Mitch ░░░░░░░░ I think everybody is ░░░░░░░░ disbelief and can t ░░░░░░░░ it And I told ░░░░░░░░ that I don t ░░░░░░░░ what they say I ░░░░░░░░ that Mitch do that ░░░░░░░░ ends EMERSON on camera ░░░░░░░░ just because John Mitch ░░░░░░░░ is dead doesn t ░░░░░░░░ this case won t ░░░░░░░░ forward His attorneys say ░░░░░░░░ re still prepared to ░░░░░░░░ to trial in June ░░░░░░░░ for you Anne Emerson ░░░░░░░░ 4.”