I don’t want to tear the man’s life apart, but to get some background, here are some things I’ve found. I really hope they catch the perpetrator(s).
Here’s his biography: http://www.sldinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/John-Wheeler-Bio.pdf
Hmmm... DADT and ROTC?
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/05/dadt-and-ivy-league-rotc/57203/
Note also he was in...
http://www.amazon.com/Long-Gray-Line-American-Journey/dp/0805062912
His military roots go back to 1653...
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/jpwheel.htm
Political donations all Republican except for $2000 going to Wesley Clark and Charles S. Robb. (opensecrets.org) Interestingly, his occupation is listed as “Assistant Secretary of the Air Forc (sic),” though he was a special assistant to an Asst Sec of the USAF.
His work with the VVMF:
http://www.vvmf.org/314.cfm
Who knows if he was into something shady or not, but in any case, he served and did many good things...and I hope the information gives more humanity to this news than the end the perps meant for him.
Interesting though tragic. Hope they find out the real story.
Suitable burial or incineration for every human regardless of crimes is perhaps best for our collective psyche.