More FACTS about the hanging death of Bill Sparkman, Census worker

A little bit about his actions immediately before his murder, apparently from a Washington Post story that I can't locate:

Bill Sparkman was juggling three part-time jobs and chemotherapy, and he was conscientious about keeping his schedule straight.

On Sept. 8, a Tuesday, Sparkman, 51, left a note at a school office saying he could not substitute-teach the next day because he would be canvassing residents for the Census Bureau. When he did not show up on Thursday to oversee an after-school day-care program, a co-worker swung by his hilltop home. Alarmed at finding neither Sparkman nor his red pickup, Gilbert Acciardo reported Sparkman missing.

A passerby came across Sparkman's body on the evening of Sept. 12 beside a remote road in the Daniel Boone National Forest.

The article contains a quick overview of the violence faced by Census workers in the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census saw a spate of violence. In Indiana, a pack of dogs mauled a census taker to death. A California census taker was forced into her car after a homeowner ordered her to leave and she lingered, trying to explain the importance of the Census. A Denver census taker was stabbed, and in Chicago, a census taker was thrown down a flight of stairs.