“It’s completely a lie,” Stansberry said. In the show, retired Baltimore homicide detective Michael Baier and Rivera’s wife say that after Rivera’s body was found, Stansberry refused to return calls from investigators and put a “gag order” on employees to keep them from talking. Once the body was found, Stansberry said this week, “we were all sad and shocked by the fact that Rey killed himself, but once we saw all the facts and his financial pressures, it wasn’t much of a mystery.” When Rivera went missing, Stansberry said, he hired a private investigator, offered a reward and personally helped look for Rivera. Rivera, an aspiring screenwriter, had moved from Los Angeles with his wife to take what Stansberry says was an entry-level position at his company writing a financial newsletter called the “Rebound Report.” Stansberry and Rivera went to high school together in California and were water polo teammates. “You can’t even imagine what it’s like to tell people I had nothing to do with my friend’s death.” He said he’s even been questioned by friends and potential business partners.
Stansberry said he has received death threats, and his family has been harassed online. 1 trending on Netflix, leading to discussion and speculation on social media. Rivera’s case was featured as the first episode of the new season of “Unsolved Mysteries,” and reached No. Though police said the circumstances pointed to a likely suicide, the medical examiner’s office ruled the death “undetermined,” saying there was not enough information to render a conclusion about whether it was a homicide, suicide or accident. “I stand before you a man who understands the purpose and value of our secrets,” it says. Rivera also left behind a note, which contains strange comments including references to Freemasons and Stanley Kubrick. An engraved money clip he carried was never located. His cellphone and glasses were found on the roof, relatively undamaged, which a retired homicide detective who worked the case said appeared “staged” to him. The show presents questions about how Rivera could have accessed the building’s roof, while his family members say he was not suicidal and did not have any known mental illness. The mystery of his death was covered in the media at the time and was the subject of a 2018 book, “An Unexplained Death: The True Story of a Body at the Belvedere,” by local author Mikita Brottman. He is pictured here with his brother Angel Rivera (top left) his mother, Maria Rivera (bottom left) his sister (bottom center) and his father. In "Unsolved Mysteries" episode "Mystery on the Rooftop," Netflix examines the mysterious death of Rey Rivera (top right), who was once a water polo star at Winter Park High School in Florida.
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