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• Man Arrested For Allegedly Ramming Census Worker's Vehicle Play Video

  August 19, 2010 10:26 AM

  A Pulaski County man was arrested Wednesday afternoon after he allegedly rammed his pickup truck into a vehicle being used by a census worker. The incident happened at about 3 p.m. at a home on Highway 192 in Somerset. Police say Dana Hicks, 47, first threatened the female U.S.... more »

• Officials: Census Worker's Death Ruled A Suicide Play Video

  November 24, 2009 1:58 PM

  A Kentucky census worker found naked, bound with duct tape and hanging from a tree with "fed" scrawled on his chest killed himself but staged his death to make it look like a homicide, authorities said Tuesday. Bill Sparkman, 51, was found strangled Sept. 12 with a rope around his... more »

• Law Enforcement Doubts Census Worker Killed Because Of His Job Play Video

  November 5, 2009 3:53 PM

  Investigators probing the death of a Kentucky census worker found hanging from a tree with the word "fed" scrawled on his chest increasingly doubt he was killed because of his government job and are pursuing the possibility he committed suicide, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press. Two officials, speaking... more »

• Coroner: Census Worker Died At Tree Where He Was Found Play Video

  October 28, 2009 4:20 PM

  Officials have concluded a part-time census taker died at the tree where his body was found more than six weeks ago with a rope around his neck. The location of Bill Sparkman's death was confirmed to The Associated Press on Wednesday by Clay County coroner Jim Trosper and state medical... more »

• Memorial Service To Be Held For Census Worker Play Video

  October 26, 2009 10:35 AM

  London, KY - A memorial service for the part-time U.S. Census worker whose body was found near a Clay County cemetery last month is scheduled for Monday evening in Laurel County. The service for Bill Sparkman will start at 6 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in London. Sparkman... more »

• Son Of Hanged Census Worker Talks Exclusively With LEX 18 Play Video

  October 9, 2009 6:53 PM

  The son of a U.S. Census worker who was found hanging in some woods in Clay County last month sat down with LEX 18 for his first TV interview since his father's death to talk about how his world has been turned upside down. Everywhere he looks, Josh Sparkman says... more »

• Body Of Hanged Census Worker Released To Family Play Video

  October 6, 2009 12:43 PM

  Authorities have released a census worker's body to his family nearly a month after he was found dead with a rope around his neck in rural eastern Kentucky. His son tells The Associated Press investigators released the body of Bill Sparkman Monday but are still telling him little about the... more »

• Paper Says It Received Fax Concerning Census Worker Play Video

  September 30, 2009 12:23 PM

  The Corbin Times-Tribune is reporting that it received a suspicious fax about the death of a U.S. Census employee who was found hanged earlier this month, but that the FBI doesn't believe the fax is legitimate. The paper says the fax arrived Friday and it involved the death of Bill... more »

• Coroner: 'Fed' Written On Census Worker With Felt-Tip Pen Play Video

  September 25, 2009 2:03 PM

  Authorities said a U.S. Census worker died by asphyxiation but were releasing few other details about the mysterious case nearly two weeks after Bill Sparkman's body - with the word "fed" scrawled on the chest - was found hanging from a tree near a family cemetery secluded by Appalachian forest.... more »

• KSP: Initial Reports Of Census Worker's Death Contained 'Inaccuracies' Play Video

  September 24, 2009 4:57 PM

  Kentucky State Police said Thursday that initial reports concerning the death of U.S. Census field worker Bill Sparkman in Clay County contained inaccuracies. Sparkman, who was a part time U.S. Census field worker from London and a substitute teacher, was found the night of September 12 by someone going to... more »

• Clay County Federal Worker Death Possible Anti-Government Sentiment Play Video

  September 23, 2009 11:41 PM

  The FBI is investigating the death of a census worker in Clay County as a possible statement of anti-government sentiment. 51-year-old Bill Sparkman was found dead September 12th near a cemetary in the Daniel Boone National Forest. Sparkman described his job at the Bureau to a friend as going to... more »

• FBI Investigating Hanging Death Of Kentucky U.S. Census Worker

  September 23, 2009 5:09 PM

  MANCHESTER, Ky. (AP) A U.S. Census worker found hanged from a tree near a Kentucky cemetery had the word "fed" scrawled on his chest, a law enforcement official said Wednesday, and the FBI is investigating whether he was a victim of anti-government sentiment. The law enforcement official, who... more »