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UPDATED: Army confirms JBLM death is a homicide

A spokesman for the Army’s Criminal Investigation Command in Virginia today confirmed that at a Saturday death at Joint Base Lewis-McChord was a homicide, but the military does not plan to release much more information today.

Published: Aug. 27, 2012 at 1:28 p.m. PDTUpdated: Aug. 27, 2012 at 7:44 p.m. PDT
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A spokesman for the Army’s Criminal Investigation Command in Virginia today confirmed that at a Saturday death at Joint Base Lewis-McChord was a homicide, but the military does not plan to release much more information today.

Chris Grey of the Criminal Investigation Command said the Army has apprehended a suspect. The suspect is a soldier who is not assigned to Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

Read more here: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/military/2012/08/27/army-confirms-jblm-death-is-being-investigated-as-a-homicide/

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