The Secrets He Kept

Tim Botos: JACKSON TWP. — If Timothy Welland Hyde is good at one thing, it's selling. With slick, tightly cropped black hair and round dark eyes, a voice for radio and a warm smile, he welcomed clients to his financial advising business in Jackson Township. For a variety of fees and commissions, he and employees arranged client investments in stocks and securities. By all appearances, Hyde Financial was a success. It was located in Suite 302 on the third floor of one of the area's premier office buildings, known as the Belden Village glass tower.



At work, Hyde is regarded as a financial genius and brilliant mathematician. He not only handled his own clients, but he also served as a guru…