Witness: Census worker's hanging body naked, bound

Associated Press ^ | Sept. 25, 2009 | ROGER ALFORD and JEFFREY McMURRAY

[Free ThinkerNY]

BIG CREEK, Ky. (AP) - A part-time census worker found hanging in a rural Kentucky cemetery was naked, gagged and had his hands and feet bound with duct tape, said an Ohio man who discovered the body two weeks ago.

Jerry Weaver of Fairfield, Ohio, told The Associated Press on Friday that he was among a group of relatives who discovered the body of 51-year-old Bill Sparkman on Sept. 12.

"The only thing he had on was a pair of socks," Weaver said. "And they had duct-taped his hands, his wrists. He had duct tape over his eyes, and they gagged him with a red rag or something.

[little jeremiah]

Or someone who wanted people to think that.

[fours]

I have greeted folks at my place in NY with a shotgun. Never know who is coming to call, up in the mountains. Best to be safe.

Does not surprise me....sounds like a smart thing.....what is the crime rate in NY?????

I have no idea. High.

Hey don't slander NY! Crime is well under control in NY state and city now for a number of reasons. NYC's "CompStat" and the broken windows theory are usually credited as big reasons why.

The violent crime rate and murder rate in NY state (434.9 and 4.8 per 100k, respectively) is lower than that of Oklahoma (497.4, 5.8), Michigan (562.4, 7.1), Maryland (678.6, 9.7), Louisiana (697.8, 12.4), Arizona (501, 7.5), Arkansas (551.6, 7.3), South Carolina (765.5, 8.3), Texas (516.3, 5.9), Tennessee (760.2, 6.8), and California (532.5, 6.8), just to name a few.

The NYC crime rate is comparably much better than other cities like LA, Chicago, Houston, Philly, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Dallas, Detroit, Memphis, even Milwaukee. Take a look for yourself.

For just murders LA, Gary IN, Birmingham, Youngstown, and Richmond lead. NYC isn't even in the top 100. Here are some more metros for comparison.

[Marie2]

“Or someone who wanted people to think that.”

So true. You read a lot of Agatha Christie, do you? I do.

[little jeremiah]

I used to, many long years ago.

I also know that devious evil people do stuff like that.

Like so many “hate” crimes. They draw their own swastikas, set their own lawn crosses afire, spray paint their own “hate speech” grafitti on their houses, etc.