The authorities aren’t talking but the death of U.S. Census worker Bill Sparkman is looking increasingly like a homicide. We still don’t know the motives of the killer(s) but anti-government sentiment of some kind must be involved. There are some details when you click on the link.
Mr. Sparkman’s body was displayed:
”The only thing he had on was a pair of socks,” Weaver said. ”And they had duct-taped his hands, his wrists. He had duct tape over his eyes, and they gagged him with a red rag or something.”
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”And they even had duct tape around his neck,” Weaver said. ”And they had like his identification tag on his neck. They had it duct-taped to the side of his neck, on the right side, almost on his right shoulder.”
I think it’s clear that the investigators are being very, very cautious in this case. I hope that the Census bureau reviews how it is using their workers. In some areas they may need to send census workers out with law enforcement officials, for their own protection.
Update: Here’s Rachel on the story: