From what I can gather, the owner's Father passed recently, and what was an indifferent attitude towards upkeep of the site turned into outright neglect. Those more knowledgeable than I can probably provide better info. than that.
A while ago (a year or more? can't remember exactly) there was a pretty ugly situation with his kids and their mother from what I recall, too. His side of the story was brutal.
This thread was moved from a vendor's forum to Off-Topic earlier. There are numerous threads here and some in this section that have plenty of discussion about it.