Posted on 09/23/2009 4:00:48 PM PDT by GVnana
WASHINGTON (AP) - A U.S. Census worker found hanging from a tree near a Kentucky cemetery had the word "fed" scrawled on his chest, a law enforcement official said Wednesday, and the FBI is investigating whether he was a victim of anti-government sentiment.
The law enforcement official, who was not authorized to discuss the case and requested anonymity, did not say what type of instrument was used to write the word on the chest of Bill Sparkman, a 51-year-old part-time Census field worker and teacher. He was found Sept. 12 in a remote patch of the Daniel Boone National Forest in rural southeast Kentucky.
The Census has suspended door-to-door interviews in rural Clay County, where the body was found, pending the outcome of the investigation.
Investigators are still trying to determine whether the death was a slaying or a suicide, and if a slaying, whether the motive was related to his government job or to anti-government sentiment. An autopsy report is pending.
Investigators have said little about the case. FBI spokesman David Beyer said the bureau is assisting state police.
"Our job is to determine if there was foul play involvedand that's part of the investigationand if there was foul play involved, whether that is related to his employment as a census worker," said Beyer.
Beyer declined to confirm or discuss any details about the crime scene.
Lucindia Scurry-Johnson, assistant director of the Census Bureau's southern office in Charlotte, N.C., said law enforcement officers have told the agency the matter is "an apparent homicide" but nothing else.
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Yep.
Poor guy.
Yep. Great song.
That's what I told them last time. How many people and their ages.
The census worker, (some sort of transplanted Yankee judging by his accent ), actually said, "I'll call the law on you ", when I told him that was all he needed to know.
>>>Census worker found hanged with “fed” on chest
Don’t rule out the possibility the killer mistook this person for Kevin Federline, and figured he was cleansing the gene pool.
It happened September 12.
Nancy Pelosi made her “fear of violence” comments September 17.
Yeah...but you should see how well they can hang a mobile home on the side of a mountain. It’s either genius or luck.
The Plum LineGreg Sargent’s blog
Suicide Not Ruled Out For Dead Census Worker; He Was In Contact With The Ground
Ive got some more detail for you on the case of the Bill Sparkman, the U.S. census worker who was found dead of hanging, reportedly with the word fed scrawled on his chest:
1) Kentucky state police have not ruled out the possibility that the death was a suicide or even that it was accidental, according to police spokesman Don Trosper.
2) His death has been ruled asphyxia, Trosper said in an interview. There was a rope around his neck. It was attached to a tree, Trosper continued, adding this intriguing detail: He was in contact with the ground.
That raises the possibilty that the cause of death was not hanging. Asked if this were possible, Trosper said: Nothing is being ruled out.
3) Trosper said the initial AP story on the death contains flaws and errors. That means its possible that the APs claim, based on an anonymous source, that he had the word fed scrawled on his chest could be false. Asked if that were the case, Trosper declined to comment.
So thats where we are. Much more from Zachary Roth in his very useful rundown on where the case stands.
WOW. Thanks for the update!
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