Was John Wheeler murdered, or did he seek shelter in that Dumpster?

Five More Of John Wheeler's Last Hours Filled In; Delaware Death Still A Mystery
"Newark [Del.] police reported Wednesday that John P. Wheeler III was spotted at 8:30 p.m. Dec. 30 as he wandered through a DuPont Co. building, apparently confused and disoriented — filling in five more hours leading up to the discovery of his body in a Wilmington landfill," The News Journal of Wilmington reports this morning. The newspaper adds that "the former Pentagon official's body was found about 13 hours later, on New Year's Eve, lying in refuse at Wilmington's Cherry Island Landfi...

Five More Of John Wheeler's Last Hours Filled In; Delaware Death Still A Mystery
"Newark [Del.] police reported Wednesday that John P. Wheeler III was spotted at 8:30 p.m. Dec. 30 as he wandered through a DuPont Co. building, apparently confused and disoriented — filling in five more hours leading up to the discovery of his body in a Wilmington landfill," The News Journal of Wilmington reports this morning. The newspaper adds that "the former Pentagon official's body was found about 13 hours later, on New Year's Eve, lying in refuse at Wilmington's Cherry Island Landfi...

Police's homeless murder appeal
Police have appealed for help in tracking the last hours of a Homeless man found murdered in Swansea city centre. David Michael Alan Williams, 26, was found outside the Iceland Supermarket in St David's Square at 0400 GMT on Friday, 7 January. Two men are still being questioned. Det Supt Burke, of the South Wales Police major crime investigation team, said Mr Williams was hmoeless and sleeping on the streets of Swansea city centre. "We are also appealing to anyone who saw any persons i...

Could Birds and Fish dying, earthquakes, John Wheeler,be tied together
I reported about the animal deaths and Earthquakes last week last week. The following article was sent to me by a friend. The article ties in everything from the dead birds, fish, and earthquakes, to the mysterious death of John Wheeler.  There is one question the article does not answer. Why are birds and fish dying all over the world? I can’t say that I believe what was written especially with the end piece of Propaganda. I just thought this was an interesting take from a source out...

Heartbreaking Video of John Wheeler Uncovered
This video that was uncovered of John P. Wheeler is heartbreaking. He was in a Wilmington, Delaware Parking Garage the day before he was found dead. You can see he appears to have been confused, and was limping and holding a shoe in one hand. The attendant who was interviewed said she called the police, but not until the next day when it was too late. She said it seemed like something bad had happened to him. He said he was looking for his car, the woman asked him if he had a parking ticket an...

Bush Official John P. Wheeler Murder Case Deepens
The ex-Pentagon official found dead on New Year's was seen disoriented the day before his body was found. Friends tell Pat Wingert and Christine Pelisek what made them suspect something terrible had happened....

New Piece In Puzzle Of Defense Expert's Death
A slain defense expert changed clothes between when he was videotaped in a Parking Garage and another appearance on Surveillance footage the next night, police said Friday. He was found dead in a Delaware landfill the day after the second video was taken. The new description of ex-Pentagon official John P. Wheeler III adds another piece to the puzzling circumstances surrounding his death. Surveillance video captured the 66-year-old New Castle resident walking away from the Nemours office buildin...

Video: Case of former Bush aide found dead in dump gets weirder
John Wheeler’s body was found last week in a Delaware dump, and that may be among the lesser oddities in the case involving the former aide to three Republican presidents. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that police are investigating Wheeler’s possible role in Arson involving a couple with whom he had been feuding in court. Meanwhile, Fox News shows Surveillance video of Wheeler — the last sighting of him — wandering aimlessly through a Wilmington Office Building not ...

Slain defense expert changed clothes before death
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A slain defense expert changed clothes between when he was videotaped in a Parking Garage and another appearance on Surveillance footage the next night, police said Friday. He was found dead in a Delaware landfill the day after the second video was taken. The new description of ex-Pentagon official John P. Wheeler III adds another piece to the puzzling circumstances surrounding his death. Surveillance video captured the 66-year-old New Castle resident walking away f...

Forget the Homeless Radio Guy, Actual Hero Is His Ex-Wife
Photo: Today Show/NBC While the rest of the world cooed and melted over the story of Ted Williams's unexpected ascent from Homeless man with a talent for radio to Viral Video sensation and Cleveland Cavaliers announcer, we also sobbed gently into our keyboard remained unmoved. Sure this was an uplifting instance of rare second chances and dreams coming true, but what about other Homeless people who aren't blessed with a golden voice? Where is the Internet on that, huh? Now tha...

'Golden-Voice' Man Credit's God for Redemption
The Ohio Homeless man with a golden voice explained Friday how a YouTube video transformed his life, bringing in multiple job offers for announcing work. Just days ago, footage shot by The Columbus Dispatch showcased Ted Williams' voice and made him an overnight sensation. It even led to a reunion with his 90-year-old mother Julia Williams. Watch the video here . In an interview with ABC News' "Good Morning America" Friday, mother and son recognized God as the source of Williams' redemption....

Radio industry voices approval, frustration at Ted Williams story
There is no doubt that Ted Williams has an amazing voice. It's a voice that only belongs behind a microphone announcing a Basketball game, voicing an Infomercial, reading the news or reminiscing with us on our favorite oldies station. And who doesn't love a story about someone getting a second chance at life? It's inspiring to know that when we might need that second chance or if we are looking for one right now, there's hope. To see the outpouring of jobs, opportunities and ...

Turns Out the Homeless Man with the Golden Voice Had a Home to go to All Along ...
A Viral Video vaulted Ted Williams and his golden voice to fame, but the real hero of this story is the woman he left behind. Patricia Kirtley raised four daughters alone after Williams split 23 years ago and dove down the rabbit hole of drugs. Not only that, Kirtley took in the baby boy the radioman had with another woman and raised him as her own. Oh, and by the way, she's partially blind. "We survived," Kirtley said Thursday in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. "My Children are survivors. They know if we g...

Advice To Golden-Voiced Ted Williams: Listen To Your Mom
What is this? Ted Williams, the Homeless man with the golden voice who's gone from the streets of Columbus, Ohio, to nationwide fame this week because of a Columbus Dispatch video, made another appearance on NBC's Today Show this morning — this time with his 90-year-old mother Julia. As we've reported, they were reunited yesterday (after 10 years apart, not 20 as previously thought). Today, they talked about his years of Drug Abuse, petty crime and Homelessness and the shame they brought o...

Daily Commentary Thursday, January 6th, 2010 A Nice Broadcasting Story
An Ohio Homeless man gets a second chance at life thanks to his voice. Daily Commentary - Thursday, January 6th, 2010 - A Nice Broadcasting Story [2:09m]:  | Download ...

Andy Borowitz: My Idea of a Heartwarming Story
NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report) - If you'll pardon me for being serious for a moment, here's my idea of a heartwarming story: A Homeless man with no special talent gets our compassion anyway. The Ted Williams story is, of course, riveting and hopeful. But the nation's fascination with it has nothing to do with our capacity for empathy and everything to do with our Addiction to instant celebrity. The coverage has also been shockingly patronizing. People have been amazed to learn that a Homeless ...

Ex-wife: 'Golden voice' no help with kids
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Ted Williams, a Homeless Ohio man whose "golden voice" has given him a second chance, did little to help raise his Children, his ex-wife says. Patricia Kirtley told the New York Daily News she raised their four daughters and even had her sisters take in children he had with another woman. "We survived," Kirtley, who is partially blind, said Thursday in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. "My children are survivors. They know if we get a little bit that God provides we make it...

Advice To Golden-Voiced Ted Williams: Listen To Your Mom
What is this? Ted Williams, the Homeless man with the golden voice who's gone from the streets of Columbus, Ohio, to nationwide fame this week because of a Columbus Dispatch video, made another appearance on NBC's Today Show this morning — this time with his 90-year-old mother Julia. As we've reported, they were reunited yesterday (after 10 years apart, not 20 as previously thought). Today, they talked about his years of Drug Abuse, petty crime and Homelessness and the shame they brought o...

Ted Williams' Reunion With His Mother Delayed By Networks (VIDEO)
The reunion of golden-voiced Homeless man Ted Williams and the mother he had not seen for ten years was delayed by behind-the-scenes network wrangling over who would film the event. NBC and CBS were engaged in a fierce war over Williams, whose story has captivated people since a video of him using his smooth baritone while asking for money went viral earlier in the week. CBS had scored the first interview with Williams (via satellite Wednesday), but then NBC managed to get him on a flight from...

Haitian: 'We live like hyenas'
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A year after an Earthquake leveled Port-au-Prince, the cathedral in the Haitian capital remains a pile of rubble and the Presidential Palace is still in ruins. Across from the palace, about 500 families live in tents and shacks in Place Toussaint, the square named after Haiti's liberator, CNN reported. The Shanty Town has acquired small stores and even an Internet cafe. The 7-magnitude earthquake, centered about 16 miles from Port-au-Prince, killed more th...

Cold weather kills more in northern India
A worker covers himself in fabric meant for setting up a tent as he sits on the back of a truck, surrounded by morning fog in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011. Nearly two dozen more people have died due to cold weather in northern India in recent days despite government efforts to distribute firewood and blankets to the poor. Ram Mohan Srivastav, a government official in worst-hit northern Uttar Pradesh state, said Saturday that at least 22 people had died there over the past three days...

Gascn faulted for ending training of officers
In the wake of two police shootings of mentally disturbed men within a week, Mental Health advocates criticized San Francisco Police Chief George Gascón on Friday for cutting a program that trained officers in dealing with unstable suspects. For nine years, police officers underwent 40 hours of training apiece in how to recognize mentally ill suspects and de-escalate crises. The training was called for under a Lawsuit settlement with the family of a mentally disturbed man whom officers shot to...

Franklin Graham to Bring 'Hope' to Haiti Sunday
It's been nearly one year since a massive Earthquake killed more than a quarter of a million people in Haiti, and left nearly one million Homeless. Now, Evangelist Franklin Graham has been invited by 75 church leaders in the country to remind Haitians there is hope in God. Graham will hold a "Festival of Hope" Jan. 9 in Port-au-Prince's national Soccer stadium. He'll be joined by musician Michael W. Smith and Haitian worship leaders. More than 500 Haitian churches are working together to bring...

Bronx Residents Also Angry About Homeless Invasion
jtshockley's flickr Residents in the Highbridge neighborhood of The Bronx are angry after officials unilaterally converted a shelter for Homeless families into a facility housing only men. Similar to concerns from UWS residents yesterday, Highbridge locals say that the new influx of Homeless people are making their neighborhood much more dangerous. " They're out here at all hours of the night, creeping around and you don't know what they're going to do. They're always either smoking, drinking ...

Gascn faulted for ending training of officers
In the wake of two police shootings of mentally disturbed men within a week, Mental Health advocates criticized San Francisco Police Chief George Gascón on Friday for cutting a program that trained officers in dealing with unstable suspects. For nine years, police officers underwent 40 hours of training apiece in how to recognize mentally ill suspects and de-escalate crises. The training was called for under a Lawsuit settlement with the family of a mentally disturbed man whom officers shot to...