on friday, just a couple of hours later, he went into the parking garage here and gave the attendants a $400 tip for christmas, a little bit early for that, they said, and said good-bye to them. the attendant said he looked fine, but then he went back home and a few hours later on friday night, a headline in "the wall street journal" talked about how the feds were actually closing in on possible criminal charges against mark madoff and his younger brother, andrew. and then hours later, overnight around 5:00 a.m., he shot off some lawyers to his wife and and said he loved them and to take care of his family. then he hung himself inside his apartment here with a dog leash. so there's a lot of questions right now about how close the feds were to criminal charges. remember, he's denied any involvement or acknowledge in the ponzi scheme for his father. bernie madoff was told behind bars about this. unclear what his reaction was. unclear if he'll ask to go to the funeral. ruth madoff, who reportedly lives in florida -- by the way,