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Rich was survived by an older brother named Aaron.<ref>http://www.omaha.com/news/crime/year-old-creighton-grad-dnc-staffer-shot-dead-in-d/article_023644eb-87b4-5c36-be7b-3edf96d02ebe.html</ref>  Rich had been raised in Omaha, Nebraska, belonging to a family said to be "a pillar of the Jewish community in Omaha."  His father had been sometime president of the Beth El Synagogue, of which his grandfather had been a founding member. <ref>http://forward.com/news/344698/promising-jewish-democratic-national-committee-staffer-shot-dead-on-own-was/</ref> He had been a student at the Friedel Jewish Academy and Central High School.  Later while a student at Creighton University, he had worked with the US Census Bureau as well as the Nebraska Democratic Party, interning for Senator Ben Nelson.  After graduating from Ceighton in 2011,<ref>http://www.omaha.com/obits/rich-seth-c/article_957ece9b-67c3-53d6-b88b-0c78d813b299.html</ref> Rich had obtained employment by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (a polling company) and relocated to Washington, DC.  In Washington DC, Rich found employment with the Democratic National Committee (DNC), where he developed a computer program that let people find their polling places by entering their names.

Rich was survived by an older brother named Aaron.<ref>http://www.omaha.com/news/crime/year-old-creighton-grad-dnc-staffer-shot-dead-in-d/article_023644eb-87b4-5c36-be7b-3edf96d02ebe.html</ref>  Rich had been raised in Omaha, Nebraska, belonging to a family said to be "a pillar of the Jewish community in Omaha."  His father had been sometime president of the Beth El Synagogue, of which his grandfather had been a founding member. <ref>http://forward.com/news/344698/promising-jewish-democratic-national-committee-staffer-shot-dead-on-own-was/</ref> He had been a student at the Friedel Jewish Academy and Central High School.  Later while a student at Creighton University, he had worked with the US Census Bureau as well as the Nebraska Democratic Party, interning for Senator Ben Nelson.  After graduating from Ceighton in 2011,<ref>http://www.omaha.com/obits/rich-seth-c/article_957ece9b-67c3-53d6-b88b-0c78d813b299.html</ref> Rich had obtained employment by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (a polling company) and relocated to Washington, DC.  In Washington DC, Rich found employment with the Democratic National Committee (DNC), where he developed a computer program that let people find their polling places by entering their names.

There in Washington DC, while speaking on his cell phone with his girl friend, Kelsey Mulka,<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3741754/Father-murdered-DNC-staffer-reveals-son-join-Hillary-Clinton-presidential-campaign-punching-hole-ugly-rumor-Wikileaks-source.html?login#readerCommentsCommand-message-field</ref> he was gunned down from behind,<ref>http://nypost.com/2016/08/10/julian-assange-suggests-dnc-staffer-was-shot-dead-for-being-a-source/</ref> reportedly shot twice in the head,<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/10/wikileaks-offers-20000-reward-over-murder-of-democrat-staffer-se/</ref> but neither his wallet nor his watch were taken, causing doubt that the motive was robbery.<ref> http://www.jewishomaha.org/jewish-press/2016/seth-conrad-rich/; https://www.facebook.com/kmulka1/friends?pnref=lhc; https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelseymulka; http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3458886/posts?q=1&;page=1; http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3458886/posts?page=97; https://www.reddit.com/r/DNCleaks/comments/4w55x8/was_seth_conrad_rich_murdered_for_exposing/; https://boards.4chan.org/pol/thread/84988403.</ref>  However, the ''Daily Mail Online'' says that the coroner's office confirmed the cause of death as gunshots to the torso. The Daily Mail also claims that prior to his death Rich had been at  Lou's City Bar until around 1:45am where he was inebriated, but refused the offer of a ride home.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3743880/Alone-bar-guzzling-beer-depressed-trouble-girlfriend-newly-hired-Clinton-campaign-staffer-Seth-Rich-refused-ride-home-staggered-shocking-death.html</ref>It is a walk of about 1.7 miles from Lou's City Bar to the corner where Rich was shot at about 4:19AM with Rich's activities between 1:45 and 4:19 still under investigation as of August 18, 2016.<ref>https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Lou's+City+Bar,+1400+Irving+St+NW,+Washington,+DC+20010/W+Street+Northwest+%26+Flagler+Place+Northwest,+Washington,+DC+20001/@38.9228817,-77.0297126,15z/data=!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b7c820291dea95:0xbe9e62cf68f85237!2m2!1d-77.0337839!2d38.9284711!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b7b7fed4b66c0d:0x78ae7cf6246fbdcc!2m2!1d-77.013541!2d38.919177</ref>

There in Washington DC, while speaking on his cell phone with his girl friend, Kelsey Mulka,<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3741754/Father-murdered-DNC-staffer-reveals-son-join-Hillary-Clinton-presidential-campaign-punching-hole-ugly-rumor-Wikileaks-source.html?login#readerCommentsCommand-message-field</ref> he was gunned down from behind,<ref>http://nypost.com/2016/08/10/julian-assange-suggests-dnc-staffer-was-shot-dead-for-being-a-source/</ref> reportedly shot twice in the head,<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/10/wikileaks-offers-20000-reward-over-murder-of-democrat-staffer-se/</ref> but neither his wallet nor his watch were taken, causing doubt that the motive was robbery.<ref> http://www.jewishomaha.org/jewish-press/2016/seth-conrad-rich/; https://www.facebook.com/kmulka1/friends?pnref=lhc; https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelseymulka; http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3458886/posts?q=1&;page=1; http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3458886/posts?page=97; https://www.reddit.com/r/DNCleaks/comments/4w55x8/was_seth_conrad_rich_murdered_for_exposing/; https://boards.4chan.org/pol/thread/84988403.</ref>  However, the ''Daily Mail Online'' says that the coroner's office confirmed the cause of death as gunshots to the torso. The Daily Mail also claims that prior to his death Rich had been at  Lou's City Bar until around 1:45am where he was inebriated, but refused the offer of a ride home.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3743880/Alone-bar-guzzling-beer-depressed-trouble-girlfriend-newly-hired-Clinton-campaign-staffer-Seth-Rich-refused-ride-home-staggered-shocking-death.html</ref>It is a walk of about 1.7 miles from Lou's City Bar to the corner where Rich was shot at about 4:19AM with Rich's activities between 1:45 and 4:19 still under investigation as of August 18, 2016.<ref>https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Lou's+City+Bar,+1400+Irving+St+NW,+Washington,+DC+20010/W+Street+Northwest+%26+Flagler+Place+Northwest,+Washington,+DC+20001/@38.9228817,-77.0297126,15z/data=!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b7c820291dea95:0xbe9e62cf68f85237!2m2!1d-77.0337839!2d38.9284711!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b7b7fed4b66c0d:0x78ae7cf6246fbdcc!2m2!1d-77.013541!2d38.919177</ref>  Witnesses at Lou's City Bar said that Rich had a couple drinks, which indicates that in two hours those two drinks would likely have lost much of their affect. The walk home time has been estimated at 30 minutes, but whether or not Rich went next to a second bar remains to be shown.<ref>http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/193631067-story</ref>

The police were aided in finding the location of the shooting by an auditory system in Washington DC called ShotSpotter.  Rich was yet conscious and breathing when the police found him.  But he died later at a hospital.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/washington-dnc-staffer-seth-conrad-rich-shot-killed-article-1.2707538</ref> It has been reported that Rich's "favorite spot" was Lou's City Bar, where the bar put a plaque at his usual seat, whether temporarily or permanently.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3741754/Father-murdered-DNC-staffer-reveals-son-join-Hillary-Clinton-presidential-campaign-punching-hole-ugly-rumor-Wikileaks-source.html?login#readerCommentsCommand-message-field; http://bloomingdaleneighborhood.blogspot.com/2016/08/at-lous-city-bar-celebrating-seth-richs.html.</ref>

The police were aided in finding the location of the shooting by an auditory system in Washington DC called ShotSpotter.  Rich was yet conscious and breathing when the police found him.  But he died later at a hospital.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/washington-dnc-staffer-seth-conrad-rich-shot-killed-article-1.2707538</ref> It has been reported that Rich's "favorite spot" was Lou's City Bar, where the bar put a plaque at his usual seat, whether temporarily or permanently.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3741754/Father-murdered-DNC-staffer-reveals-son-join-Hillary-Clinton-presidential-campaign-punching-hole-ugly-rumor-Wikileaks-source.html?login#readerCommentsCommand-message-field; http://bloomingdaleneighborhood.blogspot.com/2016/08/at-lous-city-bar-celebrating-seth-richs.html.</ref>