Widow suspects Wheeler killed by ‘a pro’

Philadelphia Daily News Monday 21st February, 2011

A professional hit may have been behind the mysterious death of former Pentagon adviser John P. Wheeler 3d, according to his widow.Katherine Klyce, speaking to an online magazine, also shed light on reports that Wheeler appeared disoriented in the days before his body was found at a Wilmington landfill on New Year's Eve. "He was disoriented every day in his life," and took lithium to treat his bipolar disorder, Klyce told Slate late last week. "He couldn't walk from here to CVS without specifically drawn maps," she said. ". . . He was a touch Asperger-y. He couldn't read faces. He couldn't gauge other people's reactions." Surveillance footage from a Wilmington parking garage showed Wheeler without a coat and carrying a shoe the night before he was last seen. But Klyce wasn't surprised. ...

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