John Wheeler Conspiracy Theory

On December 31st, 2010, John Wheeler’s body was found in a landfill in Willmington Delaware. Wheeler was a cybersecurity agent with connections in the US government and had high-security clearance. Wheeler’s death was ruled a homicide and his cause of death by blunt force trauma. When investigators investigated the days leading up to his death, they found some peculiar and conflicting evidence. This sparked debate across the country, and inspired the documentary series, Unsolved Mysteries, to research the case as well. In this paper, I will be researching the different theories of what happened to Wheeler and prove why I believe his death was a targeted government assassination.

Some people theorize that it was a robbery gone wrong. For background,

This theory also aligns with the idea that Wheeler was having a bipolar episode, found himself “lost in the freezing temperatures”, and climbed into the dumpster for warmth (Witter and Sorren). This is not uncommon for people, especially homeless people, to “seek refuge from the bitter cold in dumpsters”(Witter and Sorren). This theory also aligns with Wheeler’s autopsy. Wheeler’s autopsy revealed that the “cause of death was was ‘blunt force trauma’’(Clair). But what most articles and documentaries leave out is that “Wheeler suffered a heart attack as well”(Milner). The evidence does make this theory more plausible than the robbery theory. I do not believe this theory because of the nature of his injuries, and what Wheeler’s wife had to say about his behavior that night. Some of the injuries Wheeler sustained included “a punctured lung, broken ribs, and bleeding in the head”(Clair). Many people believe that the injuries he “suffered appeared to be too severe to have been caused simply by banging around a garbage truck”(Witter and Sorren). His harsh injuries obtained from the autopsy seem to align more with an attack rather than this garbage truck theory. Another argument for this theory would be what Wheeler’s wife, Katherine Klyce, said in an interview with a Delaware news station. Kylce refers to the footage of her husband in the parking garage where people say he looked disoriented. She tells the reporter that “he was distressed, not disoriented… I don’t think he was acting that abnormal… I think he was afraid”(Kylce, Delaware Online). Kylce would know her husband's mannerisms better than anyone. So for her to say she did not think he was disoriented, assuming from a manic episode, and was afraid, this would not align with this theory. Now Wheeler could have been afraid and hid in the dumpster,