This is at best tragic and at worst *****ng disgusting behaviour. Slight hyperbole, but still an entirely unacceptable situation for everyone involved. Out of curiosity, was any reply made by pm to the earlier (repeated) requests for info? As Orb says, a public response is needed. Krom has made light of the situation and everyone is (as usual) being very polite about the whole thing, but I would be fuming if I had given my time and money to this endeavour, and ignoring the subject makes the situation worse.