Census Worker Committed Suicide
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| Wed, 11-25-2009 - 9:51am |
FRANKFORT, Ky. – When an eastern Kentucky census worker was found naked, bound with duct tape and hanging from a tree with "fed" scrawled on his chest, suspicion fell on the hardscrabble Appalachian area where bad news seems like a way of life.
Perhaps Bill Sparkman had been a victim of violent anti-government sentiment in an area known for a rampant drug trade and where "revenuer" is still a dirty word.
That speculation was doused Tuesday when authorities said that Sparkman killed himself but staged his death to make it look like a homicide. The conclusion that Sparkman died by his own hands, and not by those of anti-government zealots, was seen by Clay County community activist Doug Abner as a vindication for the area.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_us/us_census_worker_hanged
People sure do some strange things.
| Sun, 11-29-2009 - 9:07am |


