"Art Margulis, an attorney for Busch, said Martin was a friend of Busch who was visiting the home and there was "absolutely nothing suspicious" about her death."

Anytime a 27 year old person dies I think there is suspicion about the death.

He looks to be a real piece of shit.  This is the third women who has died under his watch.

History in spotlight

It's unclear how Martin met Busch, who has brought dramatic national headlines to the family name since his youth.

Busch took over as CEO of Anheuser-Busch in 2006, a position he held until the 2008 sale of A-B to InBev.

Anheuser-Busch InBev was to pay and provide for "personal security services" for Busch IV when he is in St. Louis, according to corporate filings. The unspecified security services were to be provided from 2008 through the end of 2011.

An Anheuser-Busch spokeswoman declined to comment on the incident or whether the security detail was at Busch's home when Martin was found dead.

Busch is a nonexecutive director of Anheuser-Busch InBev and is still being paid $120,000 a month plus other compensation for his role as a company consultant through 2014. He also is provided an office and support staff at A-B's St. Louis headquarters.

Busch had various run-ins with the law when he was young. In 1984, he avoided criminal charges after a car crash in Arizona that killed a 22-year-old woman.

In 1983, Busch, 20 at the time and a student at the University of Arizona, left a bar with the woman and, shortly after, crashed his black Corvette, police said. The woman, Michele Frederick, was thrown from the car and killed. Busch was found six hours later at his home, dazed and bloodied. He had suffered a fractured skull and claimed he had amnesia.

Busch avoided prosecution.

In 1985, he was charged with third-degree assault after a high-speed police chase in St. Louis that ended when police shot out a tire on his silver Mercedes-Benz.

Undercover narcotics detectives began chasing Busch after his speeding car almost hit their vehicle, police said. Their car was unmarked. After chasing the car and shooting out the left rear tire, police found a .38-caliber revolver in the back seat.

Busch was accused of nearly running down two of the undercover detectives who tried to approach the Mercedes.

Busch said he thought he was fleeing from potential kidnappers and did not realize that the men, working undercover with long hair and beards, were police officers. He was later acquitted by a jury of three counts of assault.

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