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Interesting thread, here’s a couple of comments from there that I thought were interesting #21 & 22.

To: WestCoastGal
Interesting comment at the article link...
nccitizen123 1/15/11 9:40 AM EST I live in Old New Castle and can certainly understand the frustration Mr. Wheeler felt. I attended one of the “public” historic commission meetings regarding the Marini property. Alot of us in town attened because we wanted answers as to why the historic building was allowed to be torn down (there was no permit in place for it’s destruction) and why the new house was allowed to be almost 3 times the footprint of the original historic home. Well, the commission conveniently stepped around these issues and instead had the Marini architect go on with his list of materials to be used on the house. When a few of the locals tried to ask about the illegal destruction and excessive new footprint, they were told in so many words to shut up or wait outside if they couldn’t...so much for it being a “public” meeting. It’s as if the Commission was intimidated by the Marini bunch - I guess they had every right to be! P.S. The height of this house is so threatening - rumors have it that the Marini’s have referred to it as a “Bed and Breakfast”...so much for her respecting the town that she supposedly wanted to build a home in and return to...

21 posted on Sunday, January 16, 2011 7:01:02 PM by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing
I think the commission is dirty along with the mayor and the owners. Something stinks, including the hit piece written up in Newsweek on Wheeler. Why does the victim wind up looking like the bad guy? They never name the people who are saying what they report, calling them “friends and long-time associates”

There is no way this was a random briefcase/wallet theft, including Mr Wheeler apparently winding up on the ground which his dirty clothes give away, then another random altercation a day later with him winding up dead. I don’t buy it.

22 posted on Sunday, January 16, 2011 7:17:49 PM by WestCoastGal

Thanks for pinging me to a few new tidbits on this crime.

Sadly, I wonder if it will ever be solved?

I think once Biden jumped in and sealed everything, that was the kiss of death to finding the real murderers. Maybe the PTB don’t want the killers found! The means, motive, and opportunity always goes back to the Marini’s or his work at Mitre.

Oddly, the sweatshirt with hood up and covering face is possibly someone else exciting the building, perhaps the killer. If there’s underground parking, he could have been murdered there and stuffed in a car trunk and then driven to the dumpsters in Newark.

There is no way this was a random murder - nothing was stolen - no reason to hide body unless the perpetrators thought he would never be found at the dump site.