[hoosiermama]

Agree about the two crimes...He may have found the muggers and they killed him and disposed of his body.
If he was killed on the streets and they were street thugs they would have left his body where he died.

Reasons for putting body in dumpster could mean:

Someone he knew whose presence of body would point finger at them.

[smoothsailing]

Reasons for putting body in dumpster could mean: Someone he knew whose presence of body would point finger at them.

Thanks for sending me the info on the dumpster locations. :)

It got me thinking about something I read a couple days ago....

"Murder crimes perpetrated by family, friends, business associates--or someone else who knew the victim in some way--tend to prompt an attempt to hide the body or destroy it."

John P. Wheeler: Why the dumpster burial site was likely chosen

I completely rule out that Wheeler "crawled into a dumpster", and I doubt muggers would have tossed him in one. I think whoever did this knew who he was.