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…they will put themselves at risk:

So I spent nearly an hour talking to Mr. Miller, a 56-year-old native of Manchester who was quite helpful in understanding the community, the people and what little can be learned about the Sparkman murder investigation.

After we’d done talking, Mr. Miller introduced me to one of his young advertising reps, who lives in the vicinity of the cemetery where Sparkman’s body was found. Would she lead me up there? No way. Uh-uh. Too scary up there.

I suspect that this person isn’t just afraid of a cemetery.

Think about it, a native of the region is afraid to go to the area where he was murdered and yet Robert Stacy is looking to go. That is the difference between a stringer and going yourself.

He also asks some questions that are interesting:

If you want to speculate about anything, ponder this: Sparkman lived in London, Ky., in neighboring Laurel County, more than 30 miles east of where his body was found, with his truck parked near the end of the the dead-end road leading up to that cemetery.

Did Sparkman arrange a meeting up there with the person who killed him? If so, why? And if not . . .?

Of course if he was killed by more than one person one of the killers could have driven the truck, but that’s what a good reporter does, sees for himself, asks probing questions and presents what he sees. That’s more constructive than other things.

Is that worth a ten spot? I think so.

I do have one question for Robert Stacy: Any Sign of the MSM over there doing any shoe-leather work?