Former Pentagon official murdered

John P. Wheeler

Source: Press TV
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/158565.html

A police investigation has been launched into circumstances surrounding the discovery of the body of a former Pentagon official in the US state of Delaware.

John P. Wheeler, who worked under three Republican presidents -- Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush -- was found dead at Wilmington's Cherry Island Landfill on December 31.

His body was found jutting out of a garbage truck by a worker at the dump.

The Delaware medical examiner's office has ruled the death of the 66-year-old a homicide.

Local police officials believe that Wheeler was killed elsewhere and was dumped in the site later on. However, they have not yet been able to detect the crime scene.

The mystery surrounding the Pentagon official's death thickened after Newark police spokesman Lt. Mark Farrall told CNN that police do not know when Wheeler was last seen.

"We are asking for the public's assistance" in the case, Farrall noted.

John Wheeler was a prominent defense consultant who served as a special assistant to the Air Force secretary from 2005 to 2008.

He also headed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund and was the first chairman of Mothers Against Drunk Driving amongst other things.