Violence against census workers?

It seems unlikely that someone would scrawl "fed" on his body before committing suicide.

The body of Bill Sparkman, a 51-year-old part-time Census field worker and teacher, was found Sept. 12 in a remote patch of the Daniel Boone National Forest in rural southeast Kentucky. The Census has suspended door-to-door interviews in rural Clay County, where the body was found, pending the outcome of the investigation.

Investigators are still trying to determine whether the death was a killing or a suicide, and if a killing, whether the motive was related to his government job or to anti-government sentiment. An autopsy report is pending.

Investigators have said little about the case. The law enforcement official, who was not authorized to discuss the case and requested anonymity, said Wednesday the man was found hanging from a tree and the word "fed" was written on the dead man's chest. The official did not say what type of instrument was used to write the word.

FBI spokesman David Beyer said the bureau is helping state police with the case.

The level of hatred and violence out there seems to grow by the day. A census worker is not exactly some G-Man looking for moonshiners. What new Timothy McVeigh will be visiting gun shows this weekend?

UPDATE: Maybe not moonshine, but there may have been meth labs and marijuana growing in the area. Though that still doesn't explain why he was in such a remote place.