Medical examiner: Pentagon official died after assault
John P. Wheeler III, a former Pentagon official and first president of Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, died of blunt force trauma after being attacked, "the coroner's office in Delaware, said Friday.
A toxicological analysis was also performed at autopsy, but results were not released.
Police still trying to determine the offense.
"We do not know, ultimately, that was responsible for her death, said Lt. Mark Farrall spokesman in Newark, Delaware, Police Department.
Wheeler's body was found New Year's in Wilmington sanitation trucks Cherry Island landfill was the dumping of debris that had collected the garbage cans, metal, Newark.
Police said Wheeler was last seen at 20:42, 30 Wilmington captured by surveillance cameras in December. It 'appeared confused video surveillance tape that showed him at the Nemours Building Wilmington.
"We do not know how he came to Newark," said Farrall. "We are still exploring the area, interviews, video surveillance monitoring."
A park employee Wilmington, Iman Goldsborough noted strange aspect Wheeler, December 29, when he stumbled in his garage.
"It was strange because he was a shoe in his hand and no shelter," said Goldsborough.
Wheeler, 66, oversaw the fundraising to build the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. He worked in the administrations of Presidents Ronald Reagan, George HW Bush and George W. Bush. From 2005 to 2008 he was Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force.
At the time of his death, Wheeler worked as a part-time consultant for the MITRE Corporation, a nonprofit organization that provides systems engineering, research and development and technology support to federal government information.
A toxicological analysis was also performed at autopsy, but results were not released.
Police still trying to determine the offense.
"We do not know, ultimately, that was responsible for her death, said Lt. Mark Farrall spokesman in Newark, Delaware, Police Department.
Wheeler's body was found New Year's in Wilmington sanitation trucks Cherry Island landfill was the dumping of debris that had collected the garbage cans, metal, Newark.
Police said Wheeler was last seen at 20:42, 30 Wilmington captured by surveillance cameras in December. It 'appeared confused video surveillance tape that showed him at the Nemours Building Wilmington.
"We do not know how he came to Newark," said Farrall. "We are still exploring the area, interviews, video surveillance monitoring."
A park employee Wilmington, Iman Goldsborough noted strange aspect Wheeler, December 29, when he stumbled in his garage.
"It was strange because he was a shoe in his hand and no shelter," said Goldsborough.
Wheeler, 66, oversaw the fundraising to build the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. He worked in the administrations of Presidents Ronald Reagan, George HW Bush and George W. Bush. From 2005 to 2008 he was Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force.
At the time of his death, Wheeler worked as a part-time consultant for the MITRE Corporation, a nonprofit organization that provides systems engineering, research and development and technology support to federal government information.