The swampy spot where Ūsas' body was found along with the ATV. Photo by the Alytus County Police Department.

VILNIUS — Various theories have started circulating surrounding the death of the alleged pedophile Andrius Ūsas, who body was found face down in shallow swamp water on the weekend.

Ūsas the only man charged by a court with molesting the daughter of Drąsius Kedys. The late Kedys also accused murdered District Court Judge Jonas Furmanavičius and another man only identified as Aidas.

Ūsas’ body was found face down and without a helmet on next to his all-terrain vehicle (ATV). The ATV had been driven down a slope and came to rest in the water which was said to be “ankle-deep” by those at the scene. His wife Guoda Ūsienė said that she had seen him put on his helmet before driving off into the forest, though when he was found he was not wearing it.

Police revealed that when his blood was tested, that he had a reading of 3 per mille of alcohol, or a blood alcohol content of 0.30 percent. Police believe the intense state of drunkeness is a contributing factor to his death.

Police found no signs of struggle or physical harm on the body and the Prosecutor General’s Office have ruled out suspicious circumstances in his death, asking the public not to buy into conspiracy theories of murder.

Ūsienė informed Lietuvos Rytas that on the morning of his death, he was not afraid of attacks and was in a good mood. Ūsas had been under private security watch and police protection since the Kedys saga began.

Ūsas’ father said that he thinks his son drove off the road into the swamp, took off his helmet while trying to push the ATV out of the water and was attacked by hitmen or thugs who drowned him. Though Usas had just bought the ATV, his father said he was very good at riding it and it was unlikely, in his mind, that he had simply driven into the swamp and fallen in face down.

The possibility of a heart attack was mentioned, but his cardiologist, to which he complained of heart trouble earlier, said that it was unlikely. A full autopsy is being carried out.

The death has prompted politicians of the highest level to get involved.

Speaker of the Seimas Irena Degutienė said she wanted independent forensic experts to get involved in the case because of the heated nature of the issue.

Many in the country believe in the conspiracy theory that complex pedophile rings exist in the political and business elite and that this was a killing to silence a rogue member of the group that could reveal all to the police.

“What I hear in society, everything is very strange — Kedys choked, Ūsas drowned in a puddle. Everything seems like a detective script for some movie. Indeed, that would be more clear and transparent. The case is actually very important and scandalous and needs to actually answer the question whether there is a pedophile network in Lithuania. The prosecution has a very important task to find out anything completely objectively, so that the public can finally get the answers to their questions,” Degutienė told Lithuanian Radio on Wednesday morning.

She said that the case would be a test for the new Prosecutor General Darius Valys, who was sworn in on Monday.

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