Peter Bergmann's post-mortem established cardiac failure as the cause of death — not violence, not poisoning, not drowning. Many investigators lean toward the interpretation of a terminally ill man who wished to die anonymously to avoid complications for his family or associates. But the specific operational techniques he used — tombstone identity, staged sea disposals, clothing label removal — go well beyond what straightforward self-concealment requires. If he simply wished to die unknown, why would a terminally ill private individual need to use intelligence-grade counter-identification protocol rather than simply checking in under an invented false name? What does the gap between the 'dying alone' motive and the professional-grade methodology suggest about who he may have been?