BIG CREEK, Ky. — A part-time census worker found hanging in a rural Kentucky cemetery was naked, gagged and had his hands and feet bound with duct tape, said an Ohio man who discovered the body two weeks ago.
The word "fed" was written in felt-tip pen on 51-year-old Bill Sparkman's chest, but authorities have released very few other details in the case, such as whether they think it was an accident, suicide or homicide.
Jerry Weaver of Fairfield, Ohio, told The Associated Press on Friday that he was certain from the gruesome scene that someone killed Sparkman.
''He was murdered,'' Weaver said. ''There's no doubt.''
Weaver said he was in the rural Kentucky county for a family reunion and was visiting some family graves at the cemetery on Sept. 12 along with his wife and daughter when they saw the body.
''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.''So far it early in the investigation but this appears to be another case of wingnut violence, like the murder of Dr. George Tiller and the murder of Greg McKendry at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville Tennessee.
A recent meme by the wingnut community was their smear job of Census workers, in fact Wingnut extraordinaire Michelle Bachmann had this to say:
The mother lode of all data information will be from the Census. … Unfortunately, the Census data has become very intricate, very personal, a lot of the questions that are asked. I know for my family, the only question we will be answering is how many people are in our home. We won’t be answering any information beyond that, because the Constitution doesn’t require any information beyond that.
By the way we encourage all wingnuts especially those in Red States to follow Ms. Bachmann's lead and NOT fill out their census forms. Please.
We dont know, yet if this latest killing is wingnut related but it is this is a sad commentary on the wingnut community and their leaders in rightwing media.
