Richard,   Thanks for the post.   I guess we can all accept
that once in awhile we all pay the "tutition of life". 
Something I have found to work in the past is to call
the local (city or county) chamber of commerce in the
town the business was in and make a few jabs at getting
some fiendly info from their people.  Many times the
locals will "fill you in on the local gossip".  With
switchboard.com many times you can come up with
other leads to question.  Good luck and please let
others on here know what you may find out.  No one
on here appears to know much of anything.
George  (and proud to say it)