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Andrew Cohen's article and questions about the murder of census worker Bill Sparkman, with comparison to the media attention given to the murder of JonBenet Ramsey, is one of the more interesting pieces I have read in a long time--

Kentucky Census Bureau Worker Death: Murder Most Foul

Published in Vanity Fair

by Andrew Cohen

"If ever there were a non-threatening agent of the federal government, it was Bill Sparkman, the Census Bureau worker whose body was found hanging from a tree two weeks ago in a cemetery in Kentucky....

So far, no one has come forward to explain precisely how and why Sparkman’s body was found bound and gagged, with his Census ID pinned to his forehead, and the word “fed” scrawled upon his chest...

And at the same time, sadly, it’s not hard to understand why the relentless media drumbeat which always seems to accompany high-profile murders—Annie Le, Chandra Levy, JonBenet Ramsey—is absent here.[...read more]

Andrew Cohen is CBS News Chief Legal Analyst and Legal Editor. His CourtWatch columns and blog for CBS News can be found here. He also can be found on Twitter @cbsandrewcohen