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Ongoing FR Analysis: Jack Wheeler Murder
cnn.com ^ | January 9, 2011 | Susan Candiotti and Ross Levitt

Posted on 01/09/2011 8:55:15 PM PST by Albion Wilde

Wilmington, Delaware (CNN) -- Police have found homicide victim John Wheeler's cell phone, according to a taxi driver who was interviewed by investigators this week.

Athel Scott told CNN National Correspondent Susan Candiotti that police told him they found the cab driver's number in the phone of Wheeler, the former Pentagon official who was found dead in a Delaware landfill. He said investigators wanted to know how his number got there. Scott... says he told the police he didn't have any idea.

"I never got a call from the man. I don't know him... He's never been in my cab. I don't know how my number got in his cellphone," Scott says he told police...

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


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To: WestCoastGal

Have you read the USA today report. Gill mentions (Dec 30th) open door, comet on kitchen floor, barefoot print, Chairs upset....what appeared to be a crime scene.

It also says he regularly left radio on to NPR and that they had been turned off.


1,521 posted on 02/22/2011 4:48:39 PM PST by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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To: hoosiermama

Yes I did, plus the unsheathed sword.

It (radio) did answer the loud noise from ‘TV’ that other neighbors reported they wondered about.

It seems to me someone broke in when Jack was there, or followed him and there was a struggle. Bare foot print in the Comet dust. That made me think maybe that’s what got in his eyes to make them red.

The why of it all is still a puzzle. The tickets to Spain still have me wondering.

It seems to me the entire reporting and release of info from news and police has been a mess of disinformation from the start.


1,522 posted on 02/22/2011 5:14:39 PM PST by WestCoastGal (SL I believe hes a remarkable race-car driver, I think some people in the world have forgotten that)
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To: WestCoastGal
... the entire reporting and release of info from news and police has been a mess of disinformation from the start.

As an X-wife of a newspaper person it it often done to confuse the guilty party. It's human instinct to want to correct a "mistake".

The entire idea that the house was NOT a crime scene is absurd. Knowing that there was an open door/window makes me wonder if Jack's key was taken with his briefcase and he broke into his own house. (Just did that yesterday....forgot to put the hidden key in it's place)

Remember when the family said he didn't wear hoodies...Yet the man that threw the smoke bomb had a hoodie on and he was last scene in a hoodie. Was someone trying to impersonate Jack?

1,523 posted on 02/22/2011 6:51:13 PM PST by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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To: WestCoastGal
From Comet can:

Under Caution:
“Causes moderate eye irritation”

Later:
“Avoid contact with eyes and clothing...Causes moderate eye irritation.”

Instruction given on washing eye on can and also told to contact poison control center.

Active Ingredients; Sodium dichiore-s-triazinetrisne dehydrate, other ingredients.

1,524 posted on 02/22/2011 7:03:27 PM PST by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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To: smoothsailing
Did you see the front page story in today's USA Today?:

Who killed Jack Wheeler?

1,525 posted on 02/22/2011 7:06:08 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: smoothsailing

Oh man! Sorry - I see that’s one of the links you already posted.

FRegards,
LH


1,526 posted on 02/22/2011 7:07:46 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: smoothsailing
I turned the light on and he calmly turned around and walked across the park."

Maybe it's just me, but a more logical move is to leave the light off and dial 911. Rowdy kids or whatever, not a bright move to let them know that you witnessed it. Besides, if there was a glow inside an empty, unfinished house, someone should investigate it.

1,527 posted on 02/22/2011 7:08:50 PM PST by Abby4116
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To: Abby4116

“he calmly turned around and walked across the park.”
Seems that Jack would have returned to his house.


1,528 posted on 02/22/2011 7:26:26 PM PST by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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To: hoosiermama

At least the neighbor said he doesn’t think it was Jack.


1,529 posted on 02/22/2011 7:37:14 PM PST by Abby4116
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To: Lancey Howard

Hey Lancey! This case is a real head scratcher.

I’ve thought from the beginning that Jack Wheeler’s ongoing dispute with the Marinis and the monstrosity of a house they were building may have been Jack’s undoing.

And Wheeler’s wife, what a piece of work she is!

It’s very sad, from all I can gather, Jack Wheeler was an honorable man of high character. He didn’t deserve to die the way he did.


1,530 posted on 02/22/2011 8:13:54 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: Abby4116
Maybe it's just me, but a more logical move is to leave the light off and dial 911.

I agree with you, but I'd bet alot of folks think turning a light on is a way to scare bad people away. It's too bad, because if the "firebomber" had been apprehended at that time, Jack Wheeler might still be alive.

1,531 posted on 02/22/2011 8:20:47 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

This is one of the strangest cases I ever heard of. The oddest aspect of it, IMO, is Wheeler’s behavior during the days before his death. If Hollywood could turn the Amanda “Foxy Knoxy” Knox case into a TV movie, I will be very interested to see what they do with this.

That said, yes, this was a horrible and undignified end for an honorable man.

I don’t know if you remember all the controversy about the Vietnam Veterans Memorial when a Yale architecture student’s “wall” design was selected by a panel of professional judges, but that design turned out to be, in my opinion, an outstanding, near-perfect war memorial. It has basically become a shrine.

“The Wall” coming to fruition was largely the result of a lot of hard work by a relentless and gutsy Jack Wheeler, who supported the original design by Maya Lin against a whole lot of veterans and various political big shots who absolutely HATED it. Reagan’s Interior Secretary even refused to issue a building permit for the memorial because of the public outrage. But Wheeler persisted and made it work, and this nation owes him a debt of gratitutde for that, as well as for his other decades of service.

FRegards,
LH


1,532 posted on 02/22/2011 8:45:18 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Lancey Howard

Oh yes, I remember the controversy quite well. It was the late 70’s and I had been back from Vietnam for around 10 years when I first started hearing talk about a Memorial.

My first visit to the Wall was in 2007 during the first Gathering of Eagles rally on the Mall. I’ve been back once again since. It’s an emotional experience, but I’ve come away both times with a strong sense of the quiet dignity of the place.

I and every Vietnam veteran owe a debt of gratitude to Jack Wheeler, Jan Scruggs, and all those who persevered in making the Wall a reality.

This is a good website:

http://thewall-usa.com/information.asp


1,533 posted on 02/22/2011 9:33:32 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

Big thank you bump to all the vets....Best I could do during the time was assist in throwing eggs at some protestors at the university. Now the left owns it.


1,534 posted on 02/22/2011 11:41:01 PM PST by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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To: smoothsailing
Something that is nagging at me since reading the interview with Jack's widow ... she was miffed that he had to go to DC for the day Tuesday ... but why did he take the train to Wilmington rather than back to New York? According to her, they had plans for a wedding on Friday ... if he was just spending the night at the Wilmington house (for whatever reason), why didn't he at least take his car home rather than a cab from the train station? Not sure how long term garages work now, but they didn't charge you for taking your car out and bringing it back (other than the tip for the attendant) so $12 cab rides each way seems a little odd.

I also am wondering why they didn't have a security system in the New Castle house. $30 a month seems worth it to not have to worry about trying to make it look like someone was "home". He could still have the neighbor check in (give him his own security code) but not have to worry (if that was his reason for stopping in Wilmington.

1,535 posted on 02/23/2011 2:13:26 AM PST by Abby4116
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To: Abby4116
Like I said at Post 60...Domestic problems????

Klyce said she "Loves the week between Christmas and New Years cuz we lay around...blah, blah, blah

What???...no family??...no friends?? Never heard of that during the holidays.

That also goes with a "Domestic problems" scenario.

It becomes obvious that when he left DC, he didn't want to see her or hear from her and he had no intentions of going to the wedding.....and she knew it.

Wonder what she gave Jack for Christmas??

P.S. I left on the two lights that I normally leave on while I was away this weekend. It may be an age thing...Jack is a couple of years younger than me.

1,536 posted on 02/23/2011 5:47:09 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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At one point in time, Colm says that Jack was probably looking for me. It might have been a slip of the tongue.

That made me think...she might have given Jack divorce papers for Christmas...and Colm was already her attorney. (IIRC, he had done work for her side of the family before.)

I know he's an unusual attorney BUT the first site about him that I looked at said he was a great divorce attorney. I'm sure his clients are "the elite"...like Klyce.

1,537 posted on 02/23/2011 6:00:41 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau
Klyce said she "Loves the week between Christmas and New Years cuz we lay around...blah, blah, blah

Yet, both recent articles stated Wheeler had dinner with friends in NYC on the 27th. It appears she did not go with him.

1,538 posted on 02/23/2011 6:14:22 AM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights
Thanks...I'll have to start logging this stuff in a time line.

I also have to consider Dill...He called Klyce at the wrong phone at first?? He's 73. The Dills watch the house??? or is Jack trying to make Dill feel useful. Dill didn't call the cops immediately?? That's what I'm talking about...age 73...

I just know that the sword left unsheathed on the floor means something. Maybe his buddies would know. Is it a scene from a Ninja game?

1,539 posted on 02/23/2011 6:33:20 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights
There was a lot of what I weould consider new stuff in this article...

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110222/NEWS01/102220356/0/NEWS/New-clues-deepen-Wheeler-mystery?odyssey=nav%7Chead

specifically....Dill's kids stayed at Wheeler's house over the Christmas holidays...You have to read the article and very carefully.....I think Dill may be senile...

And the neighbor Morris???...Jack said: "You can call me Sally"....Bet Jack said..."You can call me Shirley"...from that old movie...The funny dude that just died...

1,540 posted on 02/23/2011 7:40:47 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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