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AP sources: Suicide eyed in Ky. census worker case
Associated Press ^ | Nov. 5, 2009 | DEVLIN BARRETT and JEFFREY McMURRAY

Posted on 11/05/2009 6:39:12 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY

WASHINGTON – Investigators probing the death of a Kentucky census worker found hanging from a tree with the word "fed" scrawled on his chest increasingly doubt he was killed because of his government job and are pursuing the possibility he committed suicide, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press.

Two officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case, said no final conclusions have been made in the case. In recent weeks, however, investigators have grown more skeptical that 51-year-old Bill Sparkman died at the hands of someone angry at the federal government.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: census; suicide

1 posted on 11/05/2009 6:39:13 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Did he put the chair back in the car???
2 posted on 11/05/2009 6:42:23 PM PST by org.whodat (Vote: Chuck De Vore in 2012.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

These investigators are wasting their time. All they had to do was watch MSNBC and they’d know who killed this guy: It was Rush Limbaugh.


3 posted on 11/05/2009 6:46:51 PM PST by PressurePoint (See you in the unemployment line, Barack)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Was he a big David Carradine fan?


4 posted on 11/05/2009 6:46:51 PM PST by fireman15 (Check your facts before making ignorant statements.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Obviously they know more about this that we do.


5 posted on 11/05/2009 6:51:39 PM PST by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Does mean that Nancy Pelosi should be on a suicide watch?
6 posted on 11/05/2009 6:54:31 PM PST by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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To: org.whodat

From the article:

“Sparkman’s naked body was found Sept. 12 hanging from a tree yet in contact with the ground”

Doesn’t sound like there was any need for a chair.


7 posted on 11/05/2009 7:13:15 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Nah, his hands were bound in the front..not behind his back. Only his prints were found on the tape and ink marker.
His Myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/billsmath101


8 posted on 11/05/2009 7:16:23 PM PST by ArtyFO (I love to smoke cigars when I adjust artillery fire at the moonbat loonery.)
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To: Boogieman
My post was a joke!!!
9 posted on 11/05/2009 7:55:04 PM PST by org.whodat (Vote: Chuck De Vore in 2012.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I think he was killed by an ACORN worker angry over loss of their census bureau jobs.


10 posted on 11/05/2009 10:32:38 PM PST by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government)
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