The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
LEXINGTON, Ky. — A census taker found hanging from a tree had named his son as his life insurance beneficiary, and investigators are looking into whether the father manipulated the death scene to make a claim possible, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press Thursday. In an interview with AP, Josh Sparkman said he found paperwork for the private life insurance policy among...
Riehl World View (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
... law enforcement officials told The Associated Press Thursday. In an interview with AP, Josh Sparkman said he found paperwork for the private life insurance policy among his father, Bill Sparkman's, personal files but wasn't sure of the amount or when it was taken out. He said authorities have told him nothing about the case or produced a death certificate, which is usually...
TPMmuckraker (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Investigators are considering whether Census Bureau worker Bill Sparkman committed suicide, but intentionally made it look like murder in order to allow his son to make a life insurance claim, law enforcement sources tell the AP.
Maggie's Notebook (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Remember William "Bill" Sparkman, the part time census worker found hanging from a tree, naked and bound with the word "Fed" written across his check in black marker? Police are looking closely at suicide in this case. William Bill Sparkman On September 12th Mr. Sparkman was found hanged, with his feet "in contact with the ground," in...
Riehl World View (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
h/t JL in email. Sad, of course. It seems police are increasingly less convinced Census worker Bill Sparkman met with foul play due to his government job. While not yet drawing conclusions, suicide is said to be the way their...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... 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. The officials said investigators continue to look closely at suicide as a possible cause of Sparkman's death for a number of reasons. There were no defensive wounds on Sparkman's body, and while his...
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Don Surber (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
I refrained from commenting on the hanging of a part-time Census worker in Kentucky because so many others were jumping to conclusions faster than I could. Bill Sparkman, 51, was found dead hanging from a tree with the word “fed” scrawled on his chest. “The strange case attracted national attention when it first came to [...]
TPMmuckraker (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Are investigators edging away from the idea that Census Bureau worker Bill Sparkman was killed in an act of anti-government violence?
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
BIG CREEK, Ky. — The manager of a part-time census taker who died under mysterious circumstances in southeastern Kentucky says other workers are requesting to visit houses in teams rather than alone. Wayne Hatcher is regional director of the U.S. Census Bureau's office in Charlotte, N.C. He was at a memorial Sunday in the Daniel Boone National Forest near the spot Bill Sparkman's...
Help Josh Sparkman (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Mysterious death leaves son seeking truth in Clay Co. Oct. 3 By Jason Riley Photo By Michael Hayman, The Courier-Journal Josh Sparkman, son of slain census worker Bill Sparkman, on the steps of his father's home in London, Ky. LONDON, Ky. — He was called home by his father's death and now sits in an empty house, weary and alone. Josh Sparkman is tired of the media...
Help Josh Sparkman (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Unfortunately, Josh Sparkman is still having financial trouble. From an Associated Press story on Oct. 7: Josh Sparkman told The Associated Press on Tuesday that investigators released his father's body Monday to the Cremation Society of Kentucky. Bill Sparkman, a substitute teacher, had wanted his body either donated to science or cremated. Authorities advised Josh Sparkman...
Help Josh Sparkman (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
This is some great news. It sounds like people are organizing! Please re-post this far and wide. And if you happen to attend, I'd love to post photos of the event and hear from you. Memorial walk planned for census worker Plans are in the works to honor a census worker found dead near a Clay County cemetery. The Bill Sparkman Memorial March will start at 3:30 Sunday, October 11th at the...
At The Point Of A Gun (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Instead of reading about Bill Sparkman's murder by someone sitting on their ass, too lazy to pick up a phone for a simple fact check, read this by someone who has actually been to the scene of the crime. The body of Bill Sparkman, a 51-year-old part-time Census field worker and teacher, was found Sept. 12 in a remote patch of the Daniel Boone National Forest in rural southeast...
Obi's Sister (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Stacy has started his reporting on the Bill Sparkman murder in Clay County, Kentucky. Check back often as he unfolds the story. And while you’re at it, Smitty’s (Stacy’s #1) blegging for votes at IowaHawk’s Steel Cage Death Match. Vote for #9. There’s also a cool Star Wars themed poster as well. Posted [...]
Queer Conservative (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
AP sources: Probe eyes census worker's insurance Investigators trying to solve the mystery of a census taker found hanging from a tree with the word "fed" scrawled on his chest are examining whether he manipulated the scene in order to conceal a suicide and make a life insurance claim possible for his son, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press. The dead man's son, Josh Sparkman,...
