Police mum about cause of John Wheeler’s death

Police mum about cause of Wheeler’s death
By Cris Barrish - The (Wilmington, Del.) News Journal
Posted : Monday Jan 17, 2011 8:15:20 EST
WILMINGTON, Del. — How was former Pentagon official John P. Wheeler III killed?

If police know, they aren't saying.

Two full weeks after Wheeler's body was spotted tumbling out of a trash hauler into a landfill here on New Year's Eve, police and the state Medical Examiner's Office remain uncharacteristically silent.

Though officials immediately labeled his death a "homicide," they have refused to provide the cause, nor will they say whether they're sure how Wheeler died.

Law enforcement's posture runs contrary to normal Delaware police procedure in homicide cases. Police agencies routinely say how a homicide victim died, even in cases where the crime occurred in a private home rather than a public place like a street shooting, and where no suspect has been arrested or identified.
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Police mum about cause of Wheeler’s death