U.S. Army Teams Up With Police in Megan Lynn Touma Murder Investigation

July 01, 2008

The Fayetteville Police Department issued a news release yesterday, which stated that the Army's criminal investigations unit has joined the effort to catch the person responsible for the murder of 23-year-old Megan Lynn Touma, an Army Specialist who was found dead in her motel room on June 21.

"U.S. Army CID (Criminal Investigation Command) joined the investigation at the request of the Fayetteville Police Department and were already conducting a collateral investigation into the death upon the initial notification. The Fayetteville Police Department was and still is the lead investigative agency, because the death occurred in our jurisdiction," police said in the statement.

The news release also stated that the U.S. Army had taken possession of Megan's body and transported it to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, D.C., for a second autopsy. The state medical examiner's office has yet to release a copy of the autopsy they conducted last week.

"The purpose for this is simply because this Institute provides supplementary advanced technology to deal with cases of this degree," read the news release.

The news release did not mention the taunting letter that was sent to authorities or the "person of interest" (POI) that the military has in custody.

During an interview with WRAL.com, Lt. Col. John Clearwater, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, said that the POI the military has in custody is...

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