Kentucky Census Worker Found Hanged Ruled a Suicide

The Kentucky State Police has concluded the census worker who was found hanged with the word "Fed" written on his chest staged his own death to make it look like murder so his insurance policies would pay off. On balance, the evidence seems to support the conclusion, but it's mixed: Mr. Sparkman's friend and co-worker said that Sparkman had told him how, when and where he was going to kill himself, but apparently did nothing to intervene. The friend says that the motive was Sparkman had a history of lymphoma and wanted to avoid dying of cancer, but the autopsy showed he was cancer-free. The article says "Sparkman had taken out two accidental life insurance policies totaling $600,000 that would not pay in case of suicide" but doesn't say when he took them out. And the investigation results show that Sparkman's legs were on the ground when he was found, supporting the idea that he could have just stood up if he hadn't wanted to die. Maybe there were things left out of the article that would address the questions I have, but even on the facts presented I believe it was suicide