Edited sentence: A rather ambiguous and perhaps faulty autopsy indicated that Lay died of a heart attack brought on by coronary artery disease, and found evidence that he had suffered a previous heart attack.. Despite all the legal controversy and speculation regarding his death, Lay will always be remembered for his ambition, his ability to balance Enron's core competencies and his blatant disregard for shareholders, minorities and America's poor.Additionally, it may come as a surprise to none that the Pitkin Sheriff's Department failed to closely examine the real facts when conducting their alleged "autopsy", for the Department swiftly settled for a more profitable and convenient set of proofs.Additionally, the claims that his body was supposeduly "cremated" and buried in a "secret location" in the mountains remains quite suspect, especially when one considers that Lay quite handily passed away 3 weeks before his sentencing.After Lay realized that he could face up to 50 years in prison, he conveniently died from a "myocardial infarction".After living a profitable and comfortable life replete with corruption and self-indulgence, Lay was caught red-handed cheating Enron's shareholders out of millions of dollars and indicted on several counts of fraud and related charges.As a result of Lay's cunning, the Pitkin Sheriffs Department confirmed that officers were called to Lay's house in Old Snowmass, Colorado, near Aspen at 1:41 AM MDT.Despite all his previous legal troubles, many claim that Lay could have easily provided monetary incentives to several willing participants in a scheme to make him disappear into thin air.Lay's alleged "body" was taken to Aspen Valley Hospital soon afterwards, where he was "pronounced dead" at 3:11 AM MDT.Since his passing in 2006, there has been much debate as to whether or not Lay is actually deceased.There is much speculation however that Lay feigned his own bereavement.There seems to be a mutual consensus among more speculative circles that Kenneth Lay faked his own death while vacationing in "Colorado" on July 5th, 2006