Suicide of Bill Sparkman

Bill Sparkman
Profile shot of a bespectacled man in his early fifties, wearing a mortarboard with a yellow tassel
Sparkman graduating from Western Governors University
BornAugust 12, 1958
Mulberry, Florida[1]
Died (aged 51)[2]
Clay County, Kentucky
NationalityAmerican
Known forUnited States Census worker discovered dead under initially mysterious circumstances.
Children1

William Edwin "Bill" Sparkman Jr.[3] (August 12, 1958 – September 12, 2009)[2][4][5] was an American schoolteacher and Field Representative for the United States Census Bureau found dead in September 2009 under suspicious circumstances. After more than two months of investigation, police concluded that his death was a suicide, staged by him to look like a homicide, so that his family could collect life insurance.

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  3. ^ "William Sparkman, 62". The Ledger. Lakeland, Florida. March 5, 1992. Retrieved September 30, 2009.
  4. ^ Saltzman, Sammy Rose (September 25, 2009). "Hanged Census Worker Bill Sparkman Was a "Naive" School Teacher". CBS News. Retrieved September 28, 2009.
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