Check out Article; then more info at # 13 , and # 21.
Thanks, maggief.
Posted on 01/03/2011 10:05:53 AM PST by maggief
John Parsons Wheeler 3d, a Vietnam veteran officer who served in three GOP Presidential administrations, and who chaired the committee that raised funds from businesses, agencies and prominent Americans to get the Vietnam Veterans Memorial built on the Washington Mall, was found dead in a landfill a few miles from his New Castle Delaware home this weekend.
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/crime&id=7876386
Lt. Mark Farrall tells Action News, “At the landfill there was a spotter who was watching the garbage as it was dumped to make sure there wasn’t any hazardous material or anything that shouldn’t be in the dump. He noticed the body at that time and they immediately contacted the Wilmington Police Department.”
Wheeler lived part time in a house in New Castle. He also had home in Washington DC as well as New York City where Wheeler’s wife runs a silk import business.
Last Tuesday Wheeler was supposed to take the train from Washington to Wilmington. What happened after that remains a mystery. His body was found three days later.
Police say his wife was traveling at the time and never reported him missing. Neighbors say he was well known in New Castle for an ongoing feud with the owner of a home under construction across the street from his Delaware home. The new construction partially blocks Wheeler’s view of the park and Delaware River.
bttt
I hope they catch the killers.
My God.
Though the home is under construction, Wheeler and Klyce have ongoing litigation against the Marinis in Delaware Chancery Court, said attorney John Tracey, who is representing the Marinis.
On Tuesday, firefighters discovered a smoke bomb that had been thrown inside the Marinis' home. The state fire marshal is investigating the incident, but officials haven't linked the two events.
"Mr. Wheeler and his wife have been obviously opposing my client's plans to build a house on her property and I would just leave it at that," Tracey said Sunday. "It is a nice location and one could understand why she'd like to build a house on it."
Wheeler, who went by "Jack," had gained some notoriety for fighting the Marinis. "He was a stubborn, principled guy, but at least with my acquaintance he was well-regarded," said Dr. Bryan McCarthy, an anesthesiologist from New Castle.
Because Wheeler's body was discovered in Wilmington, city police and the Delaware State Police were initially involved. New Castle city police are assisting Newark police, which is the lead agency because the body was dumped in Newark, Farrall said.
Check out Article; then more info at # 13 , and # 21.
Thanks, maggief.
An attorney speaks like this?
I may have missed something, but the question is: How was he found? Smell? A snitch? etc.?
Probably Max Cleland
What was his rank in the military???
Landfill worker, see # 21
That is what it sounds like.
Ping
Has the Coroner ruled it a suicide yet? That’s the way it is in my city. Any drug overdose, hanging or unwitnessed shooting gets ruled suicide.
Arkincide or obamacide?
Frank Marini
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110103/NEWS01/101030329/Dumped-body-was-Vietnam-War-vet
Amen to that. This is stunningly heart-breaking.
It could be as simple as a robbery gone wrong.
*ping*
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