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. Investigators have said little about the case. The law enforcement official, who was not authorized to discuss the case and requested anonymity, said Wednesday the man was found hanging from a tree and the word ‘fed’ was written on the dead man’s chest. The official did not say what type of instrument was used to write the word. FBI spokesman David Beyer said the bureau is helping state police with the case. ‘Our […]
Thursday, September 24th, 2009
Census Worker Hanged With ‘Fed’ On Body
Author: DEVLIN BARRETT and JEFFREY McMURRAY
Source: The Associated Press
Publication Date: 23-Sep-09
Link: Census Worker Hanged With ‘Fed’ On Body
Source: The Associated Press
Publication Date: 23-Sep-09
Link: Census Worker Hanged With ‘Fed’ On Body
Stephan: This looks to me like a result arising from the miasma of hate speech that has become our daily political discourse from the far Right,. Essentially a new form of lynching.