Soldier remembered: âThis world will be a little darker without him.â
WWNY Soldier remembered: âThis world will be a little darker without him.â By Scott Atkinson | December 21, 2020 at 5:39 PM EST - Updated December 21 at 9:48 PM
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - The Fort Drum soldier killed over the weekend was remembered Monday as kind and happy and taken far too soon.
The body of Hayden Harris, 20, was found Saturday in woods off a road in Byram Township, northern New Jersey. He was mostly covered by snow.
Harris had been shot to death.
Another Fort Drum soldier, Jamaal Mellish, 23, was in the Oneida County jail Monday. Authorities in New Jersey said they anticipate charging him with murder, after getting an official âcause of death.â
REPORT: NJ prosecutors will charge soldier in CPL Hayden Harrisâ death
REPORT: NJ prosecutors will charge soldier in CPL Hayden Harrisâ death By 7 News Staff | December 20, 2020 at 8:53 PM EST - Updated December 21 at 12:43 PM
BYRAM, N.J. (WWNY) - The New Jersey Herald newspaper reports a soldier has been taken into custody and will be charged with the murder of CPL Hayden Harris, a Fort Drum soldier who went missing about two days ago and was recently found dead.
Speaking with Sussex County NJ First Assistant Prosecutor Gregory Mueller, Herald reporter Lori Comstock learned that the suspect who will be charged with the murder is one of Harrisâ fellow soldiers, 23 year old Jamaal Mellish.
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Fort Drum officials: Missing soldier found dead Corporal Hayden Harris (Source: Fort Drum) By 7 News Staff | December 20, 2020 at 10:19 AM CST - Updated December 20 at 5:37 PM
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - Fort Drum officials say Corporal Hayden Harris, a 20-year-old soldier who went missing between Thursday and Friday, has been found dead.
U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command says foul play is suspected.
In a release, post officials did not say where Harris’ body was discovered, but indicated that an investigation is ongoing. That investigation includes the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, the Sussex County, NJ Prosecutor’s Office, and the Byram Township, NJ Police Department, along with federal investigators.