Census worker found hanged; "Fed" scrawled on body

[PeteyPirate]

Too early to tell for sure if he was targeted or even killed, but a sad story regardless.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jbzG_BlkG2Hfc818EPRRn1bBlP6gD9AT8QC80

WASHINGTON � The FBI is investigating the hanging death of a U.S. Census worker near a Kentucky cemetery, and a law enforcement official told The Associated Press the word 'fed" was scrawled on the dead man's chest.

The body of Bill Sparkman, a 51-year-old part-time Census field worker and occasional teacher, was found Sept. 12 in a remote patch of the Daniel Boone National Forest in rural southeast Kentucky. The Census has suspended door-to-door interviews in rural Clay County, where the body was found, pending the outcome of the investigation.

Investigators are still trying to determine whether the death was a killing or a suicide, and if a killing, whether the motive was related to his government job or to anti-government sentiment.

 

[PeteyPirate]

Wrong board, my apologies.

 

[Armchair_QB]

My guess is he stumbled on a meth lab or something like that and paid the ultimate price for it.

Mrs. Armchair did some census work earlier this year after she lost her job and, while the worst thing that happened to her was getting big by a dog, it can be dangerous work depending where you're canvassing.

Even though the census folks are told they cannot report any criminal activity they happen to see while canvassing, people are very suspicious of them.

 

[Bad Guy Zero]

[singing] Daniel Boone was a man....he was a BIIIIIIIIIG man! [/singing]