Body of US military expert found in Del. landfill

AP/Yahoo ^ | 1/3/11 | RANDALL CHASE

[bjorn14]

What’s interesting here is that street thugs usually don’t waste time throwing a body in a dumpster. Just sayin’....

[Hot Tabasco]

His death has been declared a homicide. That’s been reported definitively. So someone tried to kill him.

Sounds like they were successful...... ;)

[444Flyer]

Here is the latest...(as of Jan. 4th):

“...Late on Dec. 28, several smoke bombs of the type used for rodent control were tossed into the Marini house, said Chief Deputy State Fire Marshal Alan Brown. The only damage was some scorching to the unfinished floors...”

“Landfill mystery: How did Bush aide wind up dead?”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40904330/from/RSS/40909606
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Hopefully, the investigators will be able to find out what happened to this man. He leaves behind a great legacy in helping get the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial built.

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“...Newark, Del. police are taking anonymous tips through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333, and say a reward may be available for information that leads them to a suspect.”

“Video Released In Murder Mystery Of Delaware War Vet”
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2011/01/04/video-released-in-murder-mystery-of-del-war-vet/

[444Flyer]

What really happened to this man?

“Cameras plentiful where Del. man’s body dumped”

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110105/D9KI6GE00.html

[brityank]

Here's the list of "wheeler" threads so far:

• Video Released In Murder Mystery Of Delaware War Vet (Wheeler)

  Wednesday, January 05, 2011 14:42:38 · by Smokeyblue · 29 replies

  CBS philadelphia ^ | Jan. 5, 2011 | Robin Rieger; Todd Quinones; Steve Beck

  Eyewitness News has obtained exclusive surveillance video of a former presidential aide that was taken two days before his body was found dumped in a Delaware landfill. The body of John Wheeler III was found in the Cherry Island landfill in Wilmington on New Year’s Eve. The video shows a man that appears to be Wheeler entering the lobby of a parking garage at 5th and King Streets in Wilmington on December 29. An employee of the parking garage said Wheeler look disheveled and said he was looking for his car. The employee also said his right shoe, which appeared...

• Body of murdered cyberwar expert found in landfill (Military man dumped into three-ring whodunit)

  Wednesday, January 05, 2011 23:12:45 · by smoothsailing · 31 replies

  The Register ^ | 1-5-2010 | Dan Goodin

  Body of murdered cyberwar expert found in landfill Military man dumped into three-ring whodunit Dan Goodin January 5, 2010 The body of a decorated US Army officer was found dumped in a Delaware landfill on New Years Eve day, a few days after he expressed concern that the nation wasn't adequately prepared for cyber warfare, according to news reports following the bizarre whodunit. Events surrounding the murder of John P. Wheeler III, who most recently worked part-time for defense contractor Mitre Corporation on cyber defense topics, read like a Tom Clancy novel. The 66-year-old worked for three Republican administrations, was...

• Body of US military expert found in Del. landfill

  Monday, January 03, 2011 17:42:48 · by Vaquero · 43 replies

  AP/Yahoo ^ | 1/3/11 | RANDALL CHASE

  DOVER, Del. – The body of a military expert who served in three Republican administrations was found dumped in a landfill over the holiday weekend, and investigators said Monday they do not know who might have killed him. John Wheeler III, 66, was last seen Dec. 28 on an Amtrak train from Washington to Wilmington. His body was found three days later, on New Year's Eve, as a garbage truck emptied its contents at the Cherry Island landfill. His death has been ruled a homicide.

• UPDATED In a Scene Right Out of “Goodfellas” John P. Wheeler’s Murdered Body Dumped ...

  Wednesday, January 05, 2011 16:25:56 · by smoothsailing · 30 replies

  Private Detective Bill Warner ^ | 1-5-2010 | Bill Warner

  In a Scene Right Out of “Goodfellas” John P. Wheeler’s Murdered Body Dumped Out Of The Rear of Garbage Truck in Wilmington DE, Who Set Up The Mafia Style Hit? UPDATED 1/05/2011 John P. Wheeler III planted incendiary devices at the home of neighbor Frank Marini in New Castle Delaware days before Wheeler’s body was found in the back of a garbage truck at the Cherry Island Landfill in Wilmington. Police found evidence linking John Parsons Wheeler 3d to devices planted at the New Castle home of a neighbor (Frank Marini) with whom he had been feuding, said the source,...

• A thread? Lt Gen McInerney--Wheelers death a hit--McInerney also supports Lt Col Lakin in BC

  Tuesday, January 04, 2011 20:13:42 · by cycle of discernment · 54 replies

  http://www.foxnewsinsider.com/tag/john-wheeler/ ^

  Did Wheeler have some goods on Obama? (vid at link) Lt. Gen. Tom McInerney on John Wheeler’s Death America He was an American patriot and the force behind the Vietnam War Memorial. After his body was found in a Delaware landfill, questions have arisen as to who would have wanted John Wheeler dead. Lieutenant General Tom McInerney says, “This has to have been a professional hit job”. He tells Megyn why he thinks so. ---------------------------------------------- (Article On Obama Eligibility trial, Col Lakin) McInerny: Congress will review Lakin case 3-star general: Physician 'is not going to get a fair trial' December...

• Witnesses: (Former presidential advisor)John Wheeler Appeared Disoriented (before death)

  Wednesday, January 05, 2011 09:06:52 · by Dr. Scarpetta · 175 replies

  myfoxphilly.com ^ | 1/5/11

  Police in Delaware are slowly piecing together the details surrounding the death of former presidential advisor John P. "Jack" Wheeler III. It now seems Wheeler spent at least two days wandering the streets of Wilmington disoriented. Police say Wheeler traveled from Washington, D.C., where he worked, to Wilmington Tuesday on an AMTRAK train. He was last seen alive at 3:30 p.m. Thursday near the Hotel duPont parking garage at 10th and Orange streets. Iman Goldsborough, the parking lot attendant, encountered a man she believes was Wheeler on Wednesday night near the intersection where he was last officially seen Thursday. Goldsborough...

• Man who helped get Vietnam wall built found dead

  Tuesday, January 04, 2011 10:23:05 · by Albion Wilde · 86 replies

  myway.com ^ | January 4, 2011 | By RANDALL CHASE

  DOVER, Del. (AP) - A military expert who served three Republican presidents and helped get the Vietnam Veterans Memorial built as part of his dedication to those who fought in that war was found dead in a landfill, and authorities are trying to piece together when he was last seen alive. The body of John Wheeler III, 66, was uncovered Friday when a garbage truck emptied its contents at the Cherry Island landfill in Wilmington...

• Cops: Former Bush Aide Murdered, Found in Landfill

  Monday, January 03, 2011 13:48:22 · by Free ThinkerNY · 17 replies

  foxnews.com ^ | Jan. 3, 2011

  A man who fought to get the Vietnam Veterans Memorial built and served in two Bush administrations was murdered, Delaware police say. John P. Wheeler III, 66, was found dead in a Delaware landfill, and his death has been ruled a homicide by Newark, Del., police. They are asking the public for leads in the case. Wheeler’s body was found in Wilmington on Friday after a disposal truck containing his body made pickups in Newark. Wheeler, who lived in New Castle, was chairman of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund during the Ronald Reagan era. He also held many high-profile government...

• Ex-Bush aide killed, dumped in Del. River landfill

  Monday, January 03, 2011 13:05:53 · by maggief · 128 replies

  Philly.com ^ | January 3, 2011

  John Parsons Wheeler 3d, a Vietnam veteran officer who served in three GOP Presidential administrations, and who chaired the committee that raised funds from businesses, agencies and prominent Americans to get the Vietnam Veterans Memorial built on the Washington Mall, was found dead in a landfill a few miles from his New Castle Delaware home this weekend.

• Police ID body found in Wilmington landfill [decorated veteran; DE]

  Sunday, January 02, 2011 19:47:54 · by Gondring · 8 replies

  6abc.com ^ | Jan 2, 2011 | AP

  WILMINGTON, Del. -January 2, 2011 -- Police have identified a New Castle man whose body was found at a landfill in Wilmington. [...] The body of 66-year-old John Wheeler III was dumped out of a garbage truck at the Cherry Island landfill on New Year's Eve. His death was ruled a homicide. [...] Police believe Wheeler's body had been placed inside one of the [trash] bins [in Newark, DE] and had not been there long when the truck arrived. [...]

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