This is beyond unfucking believable. Do these "authorities" really think we are that stupid, but then they are Kentucky yahoos so what do we expect.

Unbelievable. A dead guy is found naked, bound, gagged, strangled and tied to a tree in the middle of the woods with the word "FED" scrawled across his chest, and Kentucky authorities would tell us that it's really an elaborate suicide ritual scheme to simultaneously embarrass GOP conservatives and collect insurance monies. They must think that most people also have "STUPID" tatooed across their foreheads.

**The authorities seem to be going to extraordinary lengths to get rid of "this thing." Dolts. And we get treated to the self-loathing MM to cheerlead this newest effort at obfuscation.

I urge everyone to re-read the last sentence of this article, and do the same. The "facts" as they have dribbled out seem to indicate Sparkman was murdered, but few if any of them have been corroborated. Modern history is replete with crimes and events with details that are reported as fact, both through anonymous sources and official spokesmen, only to be completely debunked later.

Need I remind anyone about WMDs, yellow cake, the assertion that EVERYONE in Gitmo was a dangerous terrorist, babies kidnapped by "some black dude," the attacker that carved a (backwards) B in someone's face for political reasons, Jessica Lynch, Patrick Tillman, balloon boy, or that Major Hasan was shot and killed on the scene by officer Sgt. Kim Munley?

And, BTW, all the early reports of this death indicated that the FBI is involved with the investigation.

Must have been one heck of a big insurance policy for investigations to turn so stupidly bizzare.

Notice that the leaks AREN'T from the FBI. That says a lot...

Quite apart from the tragic loss Sparkman's death means to his family, the real and imagined context of the case indicates how wide the gulf between political poles in this country. Right and Left have latched onto this incident and its aftermath as proof of dark perfidy from each other, and it's a daunting example of the evolution of conspiracy theory. Regardless of politics, it's unlikely the conclusion of the investigation will satisfy.

Makes one wonder what part those "authorities" (or their cousin Bubba) played in the first place... Now it sounds like they are trying to cover up for the locals they know so well.

I stillthink he stumbled naively and innocently into a drunked-up den of hot-heads, and it escalated into a proving ground, the creeps proving to each other just how vile they could get.

And now I suspect the authorities are somehow related to or associated with (local KKK maybe?) that den of murderers.

Sure, it may have been a lone wingnut on a rampage, but some of the evidence suggests to me a gang or group did this, not just one person.

JMHO