Former Bush Aide found Dead in Landfill

[Wotan]

Delaware police show new video of dead former Bush official
By Reuters

John P. Wheeler III, a former Pentagon political appointee in President George W. Bush's administration, is shown in this Newark, Delaware Police Department handout photograph released to Reuters on January 4, 2011. REUTERS/The Newark Police Department/Handout

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Delaware police released new video on Friday showing John Wheeler, a former senior official in the administration of President George W. Bush, on the street in downtown Wilmington the day before his body was found in a nearby landfill.

Local police and the FBI are trying to figure out how Wheeler's body got in a dumpster picked up by the trash truck in Newark, Del. as early as 4:20 a.m. on New Year's Eve.

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[Monster]

This topic was covered here (http://stumbleinn.net/forum/showthread.php?t=23080), but I'm glad you posted this. This story sure dropped off of the radar screen pretty quick.

[Monster]

Ah. Some news...

John Wheeler investigation: Search warrants sealed (http://www.sparkweekly.com/article/20110113/NEWS/110113005/0/TERMS)

AP in Delaware Online, 13 January 2011

Search warrants in the killing of a federal defense consultant whose body was found in a landfill were kept sealed at the request of police and prosecutors.

Police investigating the death of 66-year-old John P. Wheeler III of New Castle have obtained four separate search warrants involving his home, car and cell phone.

"They're not going to release the seal on any of the warrants right now, I can tell you that," Lt. Mark Farrall, a spokesman for the Newark Police Department, said Wednesday.

Farrall also said authorities will not release any of the video surveillance tapes investigators have looked at, including one of Wheeler in downtown Wilmington the night before his body was found among a load of trash being dumped at the Wilmington landfill on the morning of Dec. 31.

"There's no benefit for us to release those tapes to the public," he said.

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