Ongoing FR Analysis: Jack Wheeler Murder

cnn.com ^ | January 9, 2011 | Susan Candiotti and Ross Levitt

[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...

[Albion Wilde]

Cadets from the West Point "Class of 9/11"

My last ping was at post 1550. We are all frustrated with the appearance of a lack of progress in the investigation, given that we have found no new news from the investigative sources recently. Here are some highlights of our posts since my last ping:

1590: smoothsailing posted a video Veteran's Day interview with John Wheeler in 1986

1605: smoothsailing has posted a link to a Memorial web site for John Wheeler

1616: blueplum advances new theories regarding recent clues and remarks by the neighbors

1624: apocalypto notes that our thread was linked at a blog regarding unsolved or cold cases

1626 & 1627: smoothsailing posted more photos and links to Wheeler memorials on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund site and the Smithsonian Institution's Reflections on the Wall site

1632: Protect the Bill of Rights posted the link to a memorial page about John Wheeler by a classmate from his high school in Hampton Roads, VA

1640: WestCoastGal links again to the timeline of Jack's last days

1641: WestCoastGal posts a tantalizing detail about Wheeler's sharp intellect

1646: smoothsailing posted reviews and info about the 2010 Albert J. Nahas book, Warriors Remembered: Vietnam Veterans – Welcome Home, to which John Wheeler contributed

1652: hoosiermama posts an important point about investigations

1657: smoothsailing posts info about a bricklaying in John's memory to be held next Wednesday, March 30, at the Dover, Delaware Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park

FReepmail Albion Wilde to be ADDED or REMOVED from a pinglist on the Wheeler case. If you received this ping, you're ALREADY ON.

[bgill]

Did you have a look-see at the BC?

Wheeler will be shuffled to the back of the cold case files as “they” hope it is soon forgotten.

[cricket]

Thanks for the reminder; albeit a sad one, that so little progress has been made. All more than ‘unfair’ given Wheeler’s ‘who’ and his contributions. He deserves better. As of now; does not appear he is going to get it. But hey. . .time has a way of unraveling circumstances and perhaps, it will for Jack Wheeler. I just hope, sooner; rather than much later. . .

[petitfour]

Thanks for the updates!

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

Unless proven otherwise, I still believe he was poisoned.

[lonevoice]

Thanks, Albion Wilde, for the ping. This remains one of the saddest current events in recent memory. The fact that it remains unsolved and there seem to be no leads is so unfitting to the legacy of this man. Was there ever a public disclosure of the toxicology report? I don’t remember reading about one.

BTW, that West Point cadets picture is breathtaking.

[blueplum]

Thanks Albion.

bump for Wheeler

[mojo114]

Thank you for the ping to an update.
I have to believe that Jack Wheeler’s friends from West Point will not let this investigation rest.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[UCANSEE2]

Thanks for the timeline.

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He was at the Nemours Building, a historic, 14-story landmark with shops and a cafe in the lobby, apartments and business suites on the upper floors.

In the midafternoon, police say, several people saw him wandering around the lobby, looking disoriented. They asked if he needed help. Wheeler declined. He went to the 10th-floor offices of the Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz law firm and asked to speak to a managing partner. The firm has no connection to the newly hired Wheeler family lawyer Connolly, and it’s unclear why Wheeler stopped there.

Wheeler didn’t stay long. He left before speaking to the partner, stopping to ask for train fare on the way out of the office.

At around 8:30 p.m., surveillance cameras show him leaving the building. By then, he was wearing a dark, hooded sweatshirt, clothing that friends and family say they had never seen on him. As he walked out, he pulled the hood over his head.

(Because the person who walked out at 8:30pm wasn't Jack)

[WestCoastGal]

That thought has entered my mind several times.

What are your thoughts on that, who was it - was Jack already dead?

[smoothsailing]

Veterans to host Vietnam Veterans Day March 30

Dover Post
Mar 24, 2011

Dover, Del. — Veterans from across the state will celebrate the first Vietnam Veterans Day at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 30, at the Kent County Veterans Memorial Park, 756 S. Little Creek Road, Dover.

Organizers also will honor the memory of the late John P. Wheeler and host his widow Katherine Klyce who will be welcomed by veterans, women’s groups and elected officials...

http://www.doverpost.com/newsnow/x13297010/Veterans-to-host-Vietnam-Veterans-Day-March-30

[credo 2]

Thank you for posting this.

There is an inside location, in case of rain.

It will be a fitting tribute from all the Vietnam Veterans who are able to attend and reminder to us all.

[UCANSEE2]

who was it

I do not know. Remember there was a man reported wearing the same 'hooded jacket' sneaking around the neighbor's house, and throwing some bug/rat bombs on the floor.

- was Jack already dead?

My guess is YES.

What and where was he during the time between 'early afternoon' and 8:30pm ????

[WestCoastGal]

Yes, I remember the description of the guy walking away from the smoke bombing. I often wondered about the last description of him since his friends and family have said he never wore clothing like that.

Good question on the time void. There are tunnels that go from Nemours to DuPont also. I fear we may never know.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

John Wheeler: FODDER FOR SCAMSTERS [my title]

This is where the memory of John Wheeler is headed and will remain until his murder is solved and/or the authorities release as much information as possible while asking for help from the public.
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SCAM OF THE DAY. DID YOU AUTHORIZE JOHN WHEELER TO CLAIM YOUR FUND
Hat tip: scamoftheday.com
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It is way past time for the authorities to sh!t or get off the pot. Beau Biden needs to explain his involvement. If the warrants were not sealed because of security issues, if they do not contain information vital to the investigation, they need to be released to the public.

[apocalypto]

I am totally frustrated by lack of action on this case. The media never was much interested. I wish somebody such as Mark Fuhrman would become involved. He solved the Martha Moxley case.

I keep emailing Web sites because I can think of little else to do to keep the case alive.

[Sacajaweau]

http://www.wgmd.com/?p=20907

[Albion Wilde]

I am totally frustrated by lack of action on this case.... I keep emailing Web sites because I can think of little else to do to keep the case alive.

That is a great thing to do. I believe the case is actively being suppressed for some political reason.

[apocalypto]

Thanks for the link. We need to keep his case alive.