Monday, December 21, 2020 - 6:07 am
WATERTOWN A Fort Drum Soldier who recently went missing has been reportedly found deceased.
Specialist Hayden Allen Harris, 20, was reportedly last heard from between 8 p.m., Dec. 17 and 6:30 a.m. Dec. 18, according to Julie Halpin, director, Fort Drum Public Affairs.
Harris was allegedly meeting someone in Watertown for some type of vehicle transaction. The 2016 Ford Mustang Coupe he was reportedly driving has been accounted for.
According to law enforcement officials, foul play is suspected.
Harris was assigned to C Troop, 1-89 Calvary, Fort Drum.
“We are working very closely with several law enforcement agencies, to include Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, and Sussex County Prosecutors Office, and the Bryam Township Police Department on this investigation. We greatly appreciate their work on this ongoing case, said Chris Grey, spokesman for Army CID.
Army CID: Missing Fort Drum soldier found dead
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Cpl. Hayden Allen Harris, 20, was reported missing over the weekend when he never returned to Fort Drum after he was reportedly traveling to Watertown to participate in a vehicle transaction. Photo courtesy of U.S. Army Fort Drum/Website
Dec. 20 (UPI) Officials said Sunday that a U.S. soldier missing from New York s Fort Drum has been found dead.
The U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command said an investigation into the death of Cpl. Hayden Allen Harris, 20, was ongoing and that local law enforcement suspects foul play.
Advertisement We are working closely with several law enforcement agencies, Army CID spokesman Chris Grey said in a press release.
Missing Fort Drum soldier found deceased Spc. Hayden Allen Harris (Army) A Fort Drum soldier who recently went missing was found deceased, according to a news release from the Army Criminal Investigation Command on Sunday. Spc. Hayden Allen Harris, 20, was reportedly last heard from between 8 p.m. on Dec. 17 and 6:30 a.m. on Dec. 18. According to the news release, Harris was meeting someone in Watertown, New York, for some type of vehicle transaction. The 2016 Ford Mustang Coupe he was reportedly driving has been accounted for. According to law enforcement officials, foul play is suspected. Harris was assigned to C Troop, 1-89 Calvary, Fort Drum, New York.
FORT DRUM â An argument between two Fort Drum soldiers swapping their vehicles with each other apparently led to one of them being shot to death in a wooded area in northern New Jersey.
First Assistant Prosecutor Gregory Mueller told the New Jersey Herald that the body of Cpl. Hayden A. Harris, 20, was found on Saturday in a wooded area in Byram Township, Sussex County, N.J., and a fellow soldier was taken into custody in connection with his death.Â
Pvt. Jamaal Mellish, 23, remains in the custody of Fort Drum Military Police.
Cpl. Harris was meeting with Mellish âfor some type of vehicle exchangeâ in Watertown when the meeting escalated, according to the New Jersey newspaper.