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Body of Former US Presidential Aide Found in Landfill

   VOA News 03 January 2011
   John  Wheeler,  whose  body  was  found  at  a landfill in Wilmington,
   Delaware on New Year's Eve

Photo: AP

   John  Wheeler,  whose  body  was  found  at  a landfill in Wilmington,
   Delaware on New Year's Eve

   Police  say  a former U.S. presidential aide whose body was found in a
   landfill in the northeastern U.S. state of Delaware was murdered.
   Authorities  announced Monday that they found the body of John Wheeler
   at  a  Wilmington,  Delaware landfill on New Year's Eve. They said his
   body  was  spotted  as  a  trash  truck was emptying its load into the
   landfill.
   Police  have  asked the public for tips on Wheeler's whereabouts prior
   to  his  death.  He  was  last  seen  Tuesday,  exiting  a  train from
   Washington, D.C. to Wilmington.
   Wheeler  served  in the Vietnam War and later was one of the principal
   backers  of  a  controversial  drive  for  a  Vietnam  War memorial in
   Washington, D.C.
   Wheeler  served  in  the  Pentagon under four presidents. He created a
   Vietnam  War  veterans' leadership program for President Ronald Reagan
   and  later an environmental conservation group for at-risk youth under
   President George W. Bush.

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