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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 ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Delaware
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To: Albion Wilde

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421 posted on 01/16/2011 2:36:15 PM PST by WashingtonSource
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To: hoosiermama

http://www.dartfirststate.com/pdfs/Statewide_Bus_Stop_120510.pdf


422 posted on 01/16/2011 3:15:12 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: Albion Wilde
My totally unstantiated by facts vote would be the dumpster at the McDonalds. It is in the back corner of the parking lot - with a parking space marked right next to it. No fence or other obstacles around it. I can envsion a pick up truck, with the body in the bed, parking there - the driver, either alone or with a helper, standing in the bed and just lifting the body right into the dumpster.

It has been said that there is a view from the drive through window but I doubt the employee spent his time watching the dumpster.

It is a strange parking lot but today at noon there were no vehicles anywhere near the dumpster. The exit from that part leads to a one way street that was also absent of traffic at noon.

423 posted on 01/16/2011 5:11:33 PM PST by Abby4116
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To: Abby4116
One of the early news articles said there was medical refuse near his body... Staff had to take precautions due to nature of material or something similar. OTOH as another pointed out they were going through trash, special precautions would be taken no matter what the material.

Was hunting for other material this morning...So much is no longer there.

424 posted on 01/16/2011 5:24:22 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: Albion Wilde; All

Thanks to all posters. BUMP for John Wheeler.


425 posted on 01/16/2011 7:13:38 PM PST by PGalt
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To: hoosiermama
Have you run across anything that mentions the name of Frank Marini's company?

BTW, here's something I posted earlier today.

426 posted on 01/16/2011 7:26:26 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: All

Judge Janine on FOX had a segment on this evening dealing with how far behind the crime labs were. Emphasis was on rape cases/dna, but it COULD be applicable here. Are they waiting on lab reports?


427 posted on 01/16/2011 7:50:25 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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place mark


428 posted on 01/16/2011 10:36:11 PM PST by lonevoice (Where the Welfare State is on the march, the Police State is not far behind)
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To: hoosiermama

FWIW, I found this online...

http://www.dartfirststate.com/information/routes/pages/rt15.shtml

Can’t say if it’s correct or anything.


429 posted on 01/16/2011 11:58:04 PM PST by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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To: WestCoastGal
How did it happen?” Maurer asked. “I don’t see how learning what happened could hinder the investigation. They do it all the time. They say he was shot, he was stabbed, he was strangled.”

Ridiculous.

They do it all the time in different cases. In this case, that's a piece of information that's very, very valuable for the to keep unreleased. If they release it, I'll start to wonder if they might not want to find out what happened and get a conviction!

430 posted on 01/17/2011 12:04:47 AM PST by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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To: Gondring

Thanks. Looks like he could have used route 15. From the picture of the park/his house on the other thread, he would have had to walk a bit from any public transportation.

WOnder if they’ve searched the river for his brief case!


431 posted on 01/17/2011 7:47:40 AM 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
WOnder if they’ve searched the river for his brief case!

In that area, it's actually an estuary with a highly reworked very muddy bottom (Sommerfield and Madsen, 2003). (In some places through there, the bottom sediments actually migrate "upstream" because of the tidal action.) It would likely be very difficult to find a briefcase, so I imagine they haven't done that unless they had something pointing toward that possibility. If not weighted down, it could have floated a long way.

432 posted on 01/17/2011 10:10:31 AM PST by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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To: daisy mae for the usa

Interesting speculations; especially that he never actually made it to New York and the wife (and presumably the investigators) would keep silent about that. Do you want to be on the pinglist?


433 posted on 01/18/2011 6:17:05 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Government does nothing as economically as the private sector. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: WestCoastGal

Thanks for that great link at post 317. You are correct; it’s not just the article, but the comments below that are very informative.


434 posted on 01/18/2011 6:30:42 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Government does nothing as economically as the private sector. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: hoosiermama
A man with his money asking for money...Why didn't he just use his debit card or go to his bank....?"

His Mission may have been trying to get away from someone instead of going to something.


That's my impression -- that he was trying to elude a known (to him) assassin by not taking his car, not going where he said he was going, trying to get rides to unusual destinations, etc.

435 posted on 01/18/2011 6:38:10 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Government does nothing as economically as the private sector. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: swarthyguy; Sacajaweau
"John didn’t call his wife. He didn’t call a friend. He didn’t call Mitre. He didn’t go back home."

I would wager someone spiked him - what kind of drug, who knows, but that walk in the garage, shoe in hand, “I have money”, no fone call made.... Deep games, IMO.


I agree that he was probably drugged, since he had not displayed any of this behavior before, and was a very communicative man, always emailing people who had known him for nearly 50 years.

The fact that he didn't call his wife is intriguing; but it could also mean that he did not suspect her as the bankroll of the pursuer and just didn't want to frighten her in a situation he may have thought he could handle.

Then there is the other possibility that he had another woman involved and hence would not call. But that seems unlikely because they had only been married a short time, and he appeared very happy in their photos.

436 posted on 01/18/2011 6:47:17 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Government does nothing as economically as the private sector. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Albion Wilde
Is there any possibility the murder was related to something other than a mugging and/or work related? IOW, could it be related to his wife's business, importing Cambodian silk?

I wonder about the marriage. Was it a close one? Were they friends, but living separate lives? Was there animosity? More than idle curiosity, just going through a process of elimination.

437 posted on 01/18/2011 6:48:38 AM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights; Albion Wilde
Have ruled the wife out...A divorce would solve any problems she might have. She had her own money and would no doubt since there were previous marriages for both a pre-nup would have been in place.

I see her lack of communication being she was out of cell phone range (easy if you’re traveling) As to her lack of comment to media etc now. She knows too much and it's best she keeps quiet. Let the FBI handle the case.

Did you both see the picture on the other thread, it appears that the yellow tape is still around the house.

IMO they are well aware of who is involved in his death & are just waiting till all the lab work, loose ends, etc are tied up for a conviction. They may also suspect a hit job and are tying the instigators into the perpetrators. In reality that takes time. We're not on a one hour TV show.

My gut feeling at the first was that when he came home he was attacked and left for dead. Possibly even tried to burn the body in the house across the street. Since he was able to recognize them, original perps hunted him down. His mission was to keep away/ get away from them.

438 posted on 01/18/2011 7:08:54 AM 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: cornfedcowboy

You’re added to the pinglist. Thanks.


439 posted on 01/18/2011 7:12:04 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Government does nothing as economically as the private sector. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Albion Wilde

Yes, please and thank-you. :)


440 posted on 01/18/2011 7:15:15 AM PST by daisy mae for the usa
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