MUS-2026-0407
Archive card
MUS-2026-0407
Homicide
- Incident
- 2010
- Indexed
- Oct 22, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- See coverage below
- Location
- Wilmington DE
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Decorated veteran and former Pentagon official John "Jack" Wheeler III, 66, was found dead at the Cherry Island landfill on December 31, 2010, after days of erratic behavior captured on surveillance cameras. Investigators traced his body to a commercial dumpster in Newark but never established where he was killed or whether he was alive when placed in it. No suspects were ever named and no arrests were made.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 2010
John "Jack" Wheeler III, 66, is found dead at the Cherry Island landfill on December 31 after days of erratic behavior captured on surveillance cameras.
- 2026
Investigators never established where he was killed; no suspects were ever named and no arrests were made.
Key people
The people in the file.
66, decorated veteran and former Pentagon official. Found dead at the Cherry Island landfill on December 31, 2010, after days of erratic behavior captured on surveillance cameras.
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Investigating agency
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