Census Worker Found Hanged With “fed” Scrawled On Chest

(Analyst's note:  This is a sad and troubling case, whatever the cause.  Violence is simply NOT the answer.)

By DEVLIN BARRETT and JEFFREY McMURRAY

WASHINGTON — The FBI is investigating the hanging death of a U.S. Census worker near a Kentucky cemetery. A law enforcement official says the word "fed" was scrawled on his chest.

The body of Bill Sparkman, a 51-year-old Census field worker and occasional teacher, was found Sept. 12 in the Daniel Boone National Forest in rural southeast Kentucky. ....