William Sparkman

Official: Census Takers In Kentucky Want Teams After Bill Sparkman's Death

AP | JEFFREY McMURRAY | Posted 05.25.2011

BIG CREEK, Ky. — The manager of a part-time census taker who died under mysterious circumstances in southeastern Kentucky says other workers are...

Waking Up To the Coming Battle Over the Census

Simon Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Simon Rosenberg

Last night's reports of the murder of a US Census worker will bring national attention to the emerging politics of the Census count, something that we've long been worried about at NDN.

Bill Sparkman: Census Worker Found Hanged

Posted 05.25.2011

William E. Sparkman Jr. was a 51-year-old single father who once battled Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma while he pursued his teaching degree, according to a Mar...

Census Worker Hanged With "Fed" On Body

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT and JEFFREY McMURRAY | Posted 05.25.2011

MANCHESTER, Ky. — A U.S. Census worker found hanged from a tree near a Kentucky cemetery had the word "fed" scrawled on his chest, a law enforce...