Posted on 01/05/2011 6:06:52 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
Police in Delaware are slowly piecing together the details surrounding the death of former presidential advisor John P. "Jack" Wheeler III.
It now seems Wheeler spent at least two days wandering the streets of Wilmington disoriented.
Police say Wheeler traveled from Washington, D.C., where he worked, to Wilmington Tuesday on an AMTRAK train. He was last seen alive at 3:30 p.m. Thursday near the Hotel duPont parking garage at 10th and Orange streets.
Iman Goldsborough, the parking lot attendant, encountered a man she believes was Wheeler on Wednesday night near the intersection where he was last officially seen Thursday.
Goldsborough says the man came up to her looking for help finding his car, but he appeared disheveled and disoriented. He was without a coat and unable to find his car.
(According to police, Wheeler's car was parked in his monthly space at the DoubleTree Hotel's garage, closer to the train station.)
The man was wearing a suit and tie but was also only wearing one shoe and carrying the other. He said he wanted to get warm before paying for his ticket. Goldsborough said she thought the man seemed like he was suffering from dementia.
Kathleen Boyer, a security guard at the New Castle County Courthouse, said a man she now believes was Wheeler told her he was dropped off by his brother two days prior so he could visit his mother, in Wilmington. The man did not have any apparent injuries but did mention he was robbed of his briefcase. He was looking for a hotel and wanted to know where Front Street was.
Boyer, and two other employees, offered to help him and even offered him some money, which he declined.
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Whoops -- just saw Petitfour's advice in post 201 that the bio you posted is of a different John Wheeler.... thanks, Petitfour.
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Boyer, and two other employees, offered to help him and even offered
him some money, which he declined.
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Well, there is still some love in heart of the cold, hard city.
This case is beyond sad. Wheeler’s West Point roommate appeared on
Fox News Channel and said the story of Wheeler’s last days is totally
inconsistent with the excellent soldier and human being he knew.
I think the roommate was General Scales. He did say he wouldn’t have
made it through his science classes (and West Point) without Wheeler’s help.
Myself, not being a doctor, can only speculate Wheeler either had
something like a stroke or got beaten about the head by some thug(s).
RIP
I agree. It is beyond sad. Wheeler was obviously a brilliant guy, and the whole thing is making no sense. Geraldo was supposed to be covering it tonight, but that probably won’t happen after the breaking news today.
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