Talking Points Memo has an article describing what the guy who found Bill Sparkman's body saw: TPM.
The salient point in my mind is not that the word "Fed" was scrawled on his chest; it is this.
Sources also told the AP that Sparkman's Census Bureau ID was found taped to his head and shoulder area -- a detail which may add to that speculation.
The speculation being that he was murdered.
More below the link.
When found, he was bound, gagged, and naked. Duct tape bound his hands, his feet, and was placed over his eyes:
When Census worker Bill Sparkman was found dead earlier this month, he was naked and gagged, with duct tape over his eyes. Duct tape also bound Sparkman's hands and feet.
Evidently Bill was an innocent who saw the good in people:
cbsnews.
Gilbert Acciardo, a retired trooper who directs an after-school program at the elementary school where Sparkman worked, said he became suspicious and went to police when Bill Sparkman didn't show up for work for two days. Authorities immediately investigated, he said.
"He was such an innocent person," Acciardo said. "I hate to say that he was naive, but he saw the world as all good, and there's a lot of bad in the world."
Mary Hibbard, a teacher in Manchester, said she recognized Bill Sparkman on the news as the census worker who visited her house this summer for about 10 minutes. Hibbard said he asked some basic questions including the size of her house, how many rooms it had and how much she paid monthly for electricity.
"I know he has a Christian background," she said. "You come to my house, we're going to talk religion."
Doesn't sound like a pedophile to me, but that of course is what the wingers want to think: Riehl. Because it is much more believable that a particular murder victim had it coming than that some conservatives are crazy, isn't it?
Oh, and he was a single father: HuffPost and moved to Kentucky to work for the Boy Scouts.
So, let's be clear. This is a murder investigation. Of a good man, a nice man, and a Christian man who was probably fairly conservative. He was killed for asking how many rooms are in your house and whether or not you have electricity. How did that sort of questions become a lethal threat in someone's mind?
Michelle Bachmann
Glenn Beck
Patrick McHenry
There is innocent blood on the hands of at least two Republican members of Congress. And they will deny all responsibility forever. That, after all, is what a guilty Republican does.