Bush Aide Murdered, Dumped in Landfill

(Newark, Delaware) On New Year's Eve, the body of 66-year-old John P. Wheeler III was found at the Cherry Island landfill.

Mr. Wheeler was a defense consultant and worked in the administrations of Presidents Reagan and George W. Bush.

The medical examiner has ruled the death a homicide.

An employee at the landfill spotted Wheeler’s body falling from a dump truck into a trash pile. Police were able to identify Wheeler based on identification found on his body, [Newark Police Lt.] Farrall said.

Police determined the body was dumped somewhere near College Square and East Main Street in Newark.

Wheeler was a decorated military veteran and served as chairman of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund.