The death is fuelling speculation he was killed simply because he worked for the federal government – now the target of a wave of hate from extreme right-wingers.
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US official murdered in Kentucky – land of meth and moonshine
The FBI is investigating whether a wave of intense anti-government sentiment sweeping America has claimed its first victim, after the body of a census collector was found hanging from a tree in a remote backwoods corner of Kentucky with the word “Fed” scrawled on his chest.
