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Census Worker Bill Sparkman's Hanging Death Pushes Government to Increase Security

BIG CREEK, Ky. (CBS/AP) One of their own died under mysterious circumstances while making the rounds and collecting data for the U.S. Government.

Now, the manager of part-time census taker Bill Sparkman, who died under suspicious circumstances in rural Kentucky, said Sunday that other workers are requesting to visit houses in teams rather than alone.

Wayne Hatcher, the regional director of the U.S. Census Bureau's office in Charlotte, N.C., was one of two people who participated in a makeshift memorial near a spot in the Daniel Boone National Forest that Sparkman's body was found one month ago with the word "Fed" scrawled on his chest. He was tied to a tree with a rope around his neck.

Although an autopsy has concluded Sparkman died of asphyxiation and the coroner confirmed the word was written on him, likely in felt-tip pen, authorities are saying little else about his death, even whether it was a murder, suicide or accident.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/10/12/crimesider/entry5378697.shtml