A farkon 1974, Byck ya yanke shawarar kashe Nixon. Ya shirya yin hakan ta hanyar satar jirgin sama da faduwa a cikin Fadar White House a ranar da Nixon zai kasance a wurin. An ba da shawarar (alal misali, ta hanyar fim din fim na 2004 game da rayuwarsa) cewa Byck ya yi wahayi zuwa gare shi ta hanyar rahotannin labarai game da faduwar Fadar White House da Sojan Amurka Robert K. Preston ya yi a cikin jirgin saman UH-1B Huey da aka sata a ranar 17 ga Fabrairu. Tun da Byck ya riga ya san Asirin Sirri kuma saboda ƙoƙarin shari'a na sayen makami na iya haifar da ƙarin bincike, Byck ya saci bindiga mai lamba.22 daga abokinsa don amfani da shi a cikin satar. Byck kuma ya yi bam daga gallon biyu na gasoline da kuma mai ƙonawa.
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