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Census Worker Hanged Self, Police Say
Associated Press ^ | Nov. 24, 2009

Posted on 11/24/2009 5:04:09 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY

(AP) A U.S. census worker found naked, bound with duct tape and hanging from a tree with "fed" scrawled on his chest killed himself but staged his death to make it look like a homicide, authorities said Tuesday.

Bill Sparkman, 51, was found strangled Sept. 12 with a rope around his neck near a cemetery in a heavily wooded area of the Daniel Boone National Forest in southeastern Kentucky. Authorities said his wrists were loosely bound, his glasses were taped to his head and he was gagged.

Kentucky State Police Capt. Lisa Rudzinski said an analysis found that "fed" was written "from the bottom up." He was touching the ground, and to survive "all Mr. Sparkman had to do at any time was stand up," she said.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: census; sparkman; suicide

1 posted on 11/24/2009 5:04:10 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY
his glasses were taped to his head

Dead giveaway, so to speak. ;-)

2 posted on 11/24/2009 5:08:58 PM PST by doc1019 (Obama, not so much.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Not a very nice man. Tried to bilk the insurance company and tried to make it look like “right-wing, Anti-0bama extremists” did it. Nope, not a nice man at all...a liar and a cheater.....and a federal worker.


3 posted on 11/24/2009 5:16:00 PM PST by FrdmLvr ("The people will believe what the media tells them they believe." Orwell)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

The lefties in the press of course spun the story that right wingers did him in. I doubt we will see any retractions.


4 posted on 11/24/2009 5:22:06 PM PST by Parley Baer
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To: Free ThinkerNY
I believe that makes him a left wing extremist.
5 posted on 11/24/2009 5:31:18 PM PST by iamweasle
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Good luck finding this story above the fold anywhere.


6 posted on 11/24/2009 5:41:14 PM PST by John 3_19-21 (Count the cost, freedom is not free.)
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To: John 3_19-21

Actually I’ve seen it prominently on Fox tonight and the local tv news.
Quite surprising to me.


7 posted on 11/24/2009 5:44:30 PM PST by nascarnation
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To: nascarnation

Slow News day


8 posted on 11/24/2009 5:53:54 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Slow noose day


9 posted on 11/24/2009 5:55:45 PM PST by maggief
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To: IMissPresidentReagan; CourtneyLeigh; Just Kimberly; Knuckrider; MBohman; republicanbob1; jcwky; ...
A Kentucky Ping.


non-political, no political add'ys


10 posted on 11/24/2009 6:25:04 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (Zer0 to the voter: "Welcome to 'MY' DeathCARE ® Plan"...Sucker! ...now just die. :^)
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To: skinkinthegrass

I thought it was those crazy right wing extremists over in Eastern KY. ;0)


11 posted on 11/24/2009 6:36:16 PM PST by IMissPresidentReagan (ATTENTION RINOS: IT'S NOT THAT I'M TOO FAR RIGHT; IT'S THAT YOU'RE TOO FAR WRONG! fubo funp)
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To: IMissPresidentReagan

Good for this guy. He was a leftist punk who finally acted on his liberal self-loathing and killed himself. Most liberals try to kill the rest of us through their inane schemes. What a total loser.


12 posted on 11/24/2009 6:58:42 PM PST by hal ogen
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I don’t know all the facts of this case; however, Mr Sparkman clearly behaved stupidly...


13 posted on 11/24/2009 7:09:54 PM PST by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: Parley Baer

I saw people here saying that ring-wingers did him in.


14 posted on 11/24/2009 7:12:48 PM PST by stevio (Crunchy Con - God, guns, guts, and organically grown crunchy nuts.)
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To: IMissPresidentReagan
IMHO...it was suspected, by many that he tried to "enrich" some "beneficiaries"
via a Life Insurance (Double the $$$$ for a violent death?) policy....

@ least He "offed" himself & didn't take anyone else.


15 posted on 11/24/2009 8:33:33 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (Zer0 to the voter: "Welcome to 'MY' DeathCARE ® Plan"...Sucker! ...now just die. :^)
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