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June 21, 2020) – The skeletal remains of a missing Soldier discovered Friday in Killeen, Texas have been positively identified as those of Private Gregory Morales.
Morales’ remains were discovered in a field near the 3200 block of Florence Road Friday morning after U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command Special Agents received information as to the location of the body.
Foul play is suspected at this point in the investigation. Army Special Agents are working closely with the Killeen Police Department and are offering a reward of up to $25,000 to anyone with credible information concerning the circumstances surrounding the death of Morales.
Morales was positively identified using dental records with the assistance of the U.S. Army Dental Corps.
FBI investigates homicides of two soldiers found shot on Fort Bragg who were BOTH facing criminal charges and were also being investigated for selling drugs
FBI said Tuesday it is joining with the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command in investigating the deaths of Timothy Dumas Sr. and William Lavigne III
Both men were discovered on the North Carolina base on December 2 2020
According to the FBI news release, a gray 2016 Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck belonging to Lavigne was found at the crime scene in Cumberland County
A dark colored 2015 Dodge Ram pick-up truck belonging to Dumas was found abandoned at another location, the FBI said in the news release
The coronavirus pandemic, protests over the police killing of George Floyd, the Blue Ridge fire, lockdowns, and the closing of schools rocked the Chino Valley and the rest of the nation during this extraordinary year.
The devastation was matched by the goodness of residents who helped school children cope with social isolation, collected food and items for those hit hardest by the pandemic, and rallied around frontline healthcare workers.
Barely had the year begun when the coronavirus pandemic originating in Wuhan, China spread across the globe resulting in 334,000 deaths in the United States by the end of the year.
There were 11 deaths in Chino Hills and 70 in Chino, with 26 of those at the California Institution for Men in Chino and one at the California Institution for Women.
The Untold Truth Of Fort Bragg Sara D. Davis/Getty Images
By Jenna Inouye/Dec. 24, 2020 12:06 pm EDT
North Carolina s Fort Bragg is one of the best known military installations in the United States in fact, it s one of the few military installations that most people know by name. But most are familiar with Fort Bragg not because of its military operations but because of its dramatic (and gruesome) headlines. It often seems as though every time there s a murder, shooting, or disaster, it happens at Fort Bragg.
As recently as December 2020, a special operations combat medic at Fort Bragg tragically shot and killed both his pregnant wife and himself (via Stars and Stripes). This is only one of