Many questions remain about Wheeler's death, and authorities were tight-lipped yesterday:
Wheeler's body was discovered when it was dumped into the Cherry Island landfill in Wilmington on Dec. 31.
He was spotted the two previous nights, appearing disoriented and befuddled, in a Wilmington parking garage on Dec. 29 and the Nemours Building on Dec. 31. He was last seen walking toward Wilmington's East Side at 8:42 that night.
Mark Farrall is spokesman for the Newark, Delaware, Police Department, which is leading a multi-force investigation:
Newark police, who are leading a multi-force investigation that includes the FBI, have said Wheeler was placed into a commercial trash bin in Newark that was emptied Dec. 31 by a garbage hauler that transported its contents to the Wilmington landfill.
Farrall reiterated today that police have not yet pinpointed which one of the 10 trash bins that were emptied that morning held Wheeler's body, and that investigators have no suspects.
Yesterday's news raises a couple of obvious questions:
* Why did authorities wait roughly a month and a half to conduct a thorough search of Wheeler's home?
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