Ex-Bush, Reagan official’s body found dumped in landfil. Death ruled a homicidel

[Jan Klimkowski]

On Dec. 30, Wheeler was captured on surveillance video at the Nemours building at 10th and Orange streets in downtown Wilmington, where he asked for train fare at the Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz law firm.
The last image of him that day was leaving the Nemours building and walking southeast on 11th Street, past and through the Hotel du Pont valet parking area. He continued southeast and crossed Market Street and was last seen in camera view at 8:42 p.m. walking toward the East Side, a low-income neighborhood known as a hot spot for crime.

A couple of obvious possibilities here:

i) Wheeler had chosen to go on an alcohol or drug-induced bender - suggestive of some crisis in his life;

ii) Wheeler had been subjected to an alcohol or drug-induced bender - perhaps through some potent narcotic surreptiously slipped into his food/drink by a third party;

iii) Wheeler was on the run and scared to use his credit cards and thus leave a digital trail of his whereabouts. Yes - he could be traced through CCTV, but my understanding is that credit card use is a more immediate location identifier.