Wheeler's family offers $25,000 reward
After police offer few details, relatives of the man found dead in a Wilmington landfill on Dec. 31 are seeking clues.
Homicide victim John Wheeler, a former Pentagon official whose body was discovered Dec. 31 in a Wilmington landfill, was beaten to death in an assault, the Medical Examiner's Office said.
Wilmington cabbie thought it was an uneventful trip until he recognized his customers face in the news.
Two full weeks after John Wheeler's body was spotted in a Wilmington landfill, police and the state Medical Examiner's Office remain uncharacteristically silent.
"There's no benefit for us to release those tapes to the public"
In the final hours of his life, John P. Wheeler visited the 10th-floor offices of the Connolly Bove Lodge and Hutch law firm in the Nemours Building looking to speak with the managing partner, an attorney at the firm said Monday.
At least two Wilmington City Council members said Friday that the investigation into the death of former Pentagon official John P Wheeler III -- though important -- should not take priority over any other homicide investigation in the city.
Former Pentagon official was found dead in a Delaware landfill on December 31.
Taxi driver also says police searched his home
Investigation into death of former government official continues
A longtime friend of John Wheeler believes the former Pentagon official and Delaware resident was coherent and in control of his faculties as of at least 5 pm on December 28.
Police said John Wheeler was last seen alive December 30 inside the Nemours Building in Wilmington.
Update: Police say slain Pentagon insider was last seen alive Thursday night. Surveillance video shows him in Wilmington.