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John P. Wheeler: 5 Facts About the Slain Veteran Found in a Delaware Landfill

A body discovered in Delaware's Cherry Island Landfill on New Year's Eve has been identified by Newark police as John P. "Jack" Wheeler, a decorated military veteran and longtime defense consultant who served under three presidents. The death of Wheeler, a resident of New Castle, Del., has been ruled a homicide. He was 66...

Police Find Missing NC Girl's Prosthetic Leg

(Oct. 27) -- Authorities in North Carolina said today they have found a prosthetic leg that they believe belonged to Zahra Clare Baker, the 10-year-old disabled girl who is missing and feared slain. Police in Hickory made the announcement today during a late-afternoon media briefing at police headquarters. According to...

Landfill Combed for Clues in Case of Missing NC Girl

(Oct. 20) -- A search team descended on a landfill in North Carolina today looking for clues in the disappearance of Zahra Clare Baker, the 10-year-old disabled girl who is feared slain. "We were led to the landfill after investigators interviewed several different people involved in this case," Hickory Police Chief Tom...

Mother of Slain 7-Year-Old Vows to Attend Trial

(Oct. 15) -- The mother of the slain 7-year-old Florida girl whose body was found in a landfill says she will attend every single day of the trial of the man accused of kidnapping, molesting and killing her daughter. A year after Somer Thompson vanished, Diena Thompson has vowed to honor her daughter's memory by facing...

landfill News From the Web

06/01/12 Injection well change plan dropped Source: The Mining Journal - Marquette MI MAYFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. Officials say plans to allow landfill leachate in a Grand Traverse County injection well are being dropped.
05/10/12 Illegal dump investigated Source: Waterford News and Star - Waterford - Ireland AN unlicensed landfill believed to contain up to 40,000 tonnes of rubble, paint tins, cement, timber and plasterboard, has been discovered on the outskirts of the city and is currently under investigation by the Council.
05/03/12 Man has to prove no dump on land Source: Owen Sound Sun Times - ON - Canada A little dot on the Grey County Planning Map has caused Chatsworth Township resident Irvine Hollis a lot of headaches.
05/03/12 New neighbor: City of Daphne takes over problematic... Source: The Montgomery Independent - Montgomery AL On the same day that the previous owner of the dirt pit at the end of Tallent Lane left the property for good, the new owner set out to convince neighbors that even a landfill would be an improvement.
05/03/12 Mayor gives update on landfill problems Source: The Daily News - Newburyport MA City officials recently met with company leaders of New Ventures Associates LLC to continue their push for an acceptable cleanup and close-up of the landfill on Crow Lane.

Background on landfill

A landfill site (also known as tip, dump or rubbish dump and historically as a midden) is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial and is the oldest form of waste treatment.

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