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Maybe he flew the same plane as Ron Brown, too?
Nov 24 02:14 PM US/Eastern
By BRUCE SCHREINER and ROGER ALFORD
Associated Press Writers
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky census worker found naked, bound with duct tape and hanging from a tree with "fed" scrawled on his chest killed himself but staged his death to make it look like a homicide, authorities said Tuesday.
Bill Sparkman, 51, was found Sept. 12 near a cemetery in a heavily wooded area of southeastern Kentucky. A man who found the body in the Daniel Boone National Forest has said Sparkman also was gagged and had an identification badge taped to his neck.
Authorities said Sparkman alone manipulated the scene to conceal a suicide. Police said he had talked with others about ending his life, though authorities did not say specifically who in a news release.
Sparkman had recently taken out two life insurance policies that would not pay out for suicide, authorities said. If Sparkman had been killed on the job, his family also would have been be eligible for up to $10,000 in death gratuity payments from the government.
He was not eligible for a separate life insurance policy through the government because his census work was intermittent, Census Bureau spokesman Stephen Buckner has previously said.
The Census Bureau suspended door-to-door interviews in the rural county after Sparkman's body was found.
Anti-government sentiment was initially one possibility in the death. Authorities said Sparkman had discussed perceived negative views of the federal government in the area.
A friend of Sparkman's, Gilbert Acciardo, previously told The Associated Press that he warned Sparkman to be careful when he did his census work. Acciardo, a retired Kentucky state trooper, said he told Sparkman people in the rural area would perceive him differently because he worked for the federal government.
Sparkman's mother, Henrie Sparkman of Inverness, Fla., has said her son was an Eagle scout who moved to the area to be a local director for the Boy Scouts of America. He later became a substitute teacher in Laurel County and supplemented that income as a census worker.
Friends and co-workers have said that even while undergoing chemotherapy for cancer, Sparkman would show up for work smiling with a toboggan cap to cover his balding head. They said he was punctual and dependable.
Weird someone who would kill themself would give a fuck about $10,000
Hey - Was Dean the only one that bet on the outcome of this one ....?
Dean
"You think this guy hanged himself in rural Kentucky and just happened to be in such hostile territory that some hillbilly decided to desecrate his body?
Fail"
Jonjon714
"Wrong question, cop you're not....
Do I believe that he could have done that to himself? Yes, it's happened before. Just hope he didn't use the rearview though if he did do it to himself.
And speaking of failing... "
Nerd
"ASSUME it's political?
How about because he worked for the federal government and had a sign hanging around his corpse that said 'fed' on it?"
"Nerd"
"Fact: A man was hung with "fed" around his neck, and he worked for the federal government.
My take: He was probably hung by someone who didn't like the federal government.
Your [brainbasket]take: The crime scene was staged.
Which fits the evidence we see so far?"
Flarider
"....Seems to me, even if it was a meth lab or affair cover-up, the murderer STILL has a beef with the Federal Government if that is the idea they came up with to cover their tracks."
whipmeister
"I'll lay you 2:1 odds it was a suicide."
Dean
"done for $100"
Dean
"official cause of death is determining factor,
you pay 200
I pay 100
via post office money order
deal?"
Dean is out a few bucks, and you guys are sick for betting on a mans death
Post up a receipt for your donation to Justin Weeks, Christian Craig or - you get the idea (sad that there are so many choices) - and we're all square, dude.
Good on ya!
This place is sometimes worth the price of admission just to watch some of the paranoid conspiracy theorists whip themselves into a lather growing a simple story like this into a scheme of fascist global overthrow hatched by "them". I wonder how many 'bloggers' had this guy being offed by Sarah Palin herself. Bet they're all scurrying for the "delete post" buttons, now. Afuggenmazing ©.
Pit Row
sad
Vince Foster was ruled a suicide, too, but I don't buy it.
grow up and attain some humility
What do you think of Vince Foster?
but i acknowledge i dont have enough information to make an educated guess.
Also, he supposedly shot himself, but the gun was in his hand like a movie suicide when they came on scene. In a real instance of shooting yourself, your body goes into instant extension for a split second before collapsing. That makes you throw a gun many times quite far from your body, but it nearly never stays in your hand.
But it was in his hand. And it was ruled a suicide.
but i think you were actually correct in this from the beginning.....the guy who did himself in...."he hated the feds" and did this to prove a point and get them in trouble!
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