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i wonder if he was beheaded and that was COD or after.
NC - Fort Bragg Spc. Enrique Roman-Martinez, 21, Cape Lookout, 23 May 2020 *severed head washed ashore*
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Soldiers who saw paratrooper alive last at Cape Lookout face courts-martial
April 12, 2022
Seven North Carolina-based soldiers who were camping with a Fort Bragg paratrooper whose partial remains were found along the coast in 2020 are facing courts-martial on conspiracy and other charges.
The Fayetteville Observer reports that court records state that seven soldiers who were the last to see Roman-Martinez alive are all charged with conspiracy and failure to obey a direct order or regulation related to travel during a travel ban.
All seven have all been arraigned and their trials are scheduled from May to September.
April 12, 2022
Seven North Carolina-based soldiers who were camping with a Fort Bragg paratrooper whose partial remains were found along the coast in 2020 are facing courts-martial on conspiracy and other charges.
The Fayetteville Observer reports that court records state that seven soldiers who were the last to see Roman-Martinez alive are all charged with conspiracy and failure to obey a direct order or regulation related to travel during a travel ban.
All seven have all been arraigned and their trials are scheduled from May to September.
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Seven soldiers linked with death paratrooper set to face trial
Eight soldiers from Fort Bragg are set to face trial after being linked to the 2020 murder of Enrique roman-Martinez, whose body was found without its head on the shores of North Carolina in May.
It was Memorial Day weekend 2 years ago.
Praying that Enrique’s family will get answers and find closure soon.
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Court records state that seven soldiers who were the last to see Roman-Martinez alive are all charged with conspiracy and failure to obey a direct order or regulation related to travel during a travel ban, The Fayetteville Observer reported.
Citing court documents, the soldiers identified by the newspaper are: Specials Juan Avila, Alex R. Becerra, Joshua L. Curry and Benjamin E. Sibley, as well as Privates Annamarie L. Cochell, Private First Classes Samad A. Landrum and Sergeant Samuel O. Moore.
Becerra, Cochell and Landrum all told investigators that they left the island at 3 a.m. on May 22, 2020, to board a ferry in Davis, North Carolina, but omitted the presence of a fourth soldier, according to the charge sheets.
It is not clear if the fourth soldier was Roman-Martinez.
All seven have all been arraigned and their trials are scheduled from May to September.
Becerra, who made the 911 to report Roman-Martinez missing, is the only member of the accused seven to have been already arraigned after making a court appearance on January 13. His case is set to unfold between May 31 and June 3.
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7 soldiers charged after Fort Bragg trooper’s severed head found washed ashore
The North Carolina-based soldiers were the last to see decorated Spc. Enrique Roman-Martinez during their trip to Cape Lookout National Seashore for Memorial Day weekend in May 2020.
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All 7 US soldiers who last saw decapitated paratrooper alive face charges
All seven of the U.S. Army paratroopers who last saw fellow soldier Spc. Enrique Roman-Martinez alive are now facing charges following his death and
7 Fort Bragg soldiers face court martial after paratrooper’s head found washed ashore
FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Seven soldiers face a court martial for a slew of misconduct charges after camping with a
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''In the wake of an unsolved 2020 homicide, a lawmaker is pushing the Pentagon to overhaul how it handles cold cases.
One year after Spc. Enrique Roman-Martinez's death was deemed a cold case, Democratic Congresswoman Norma J. Torres introduced a bill that would require the military to take steps to ensure cases like his aren't improperly shelved by the services.
"The fact that Spc. Roman-Martinez's case remains unsolved is unacceptable, and I have previously demanded that the Pentagon's inspector general conduct a full, independent examination of what happened to this case," Torres told Military.com in a statement via email.''
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''Spc. Enrique Roman-Martinez, 21, of Chino, California, was reported missing May 23, 2020, at Cape Lookout National Seashore in Carteret County. His severed head washed ashore six days later.
At the time of his death, Roman-Martinez was a human resource specialist assigned to Headquarters Company, 37th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division.
“After exhausting hundreds of leads and thousands of hours of investigation, there are no more credible investigative leads remaining at this time, but the case itself is not ‘closed,’ it is in a cold case status,” Jeffrey Castro, an Army Criminal Investigation Division spokesman, said in an email this week. “As always, if new information pertinent to any of our investigations becomes available, CID can and often does reopen investigations if warranted.”
'Unacceptable': Congresswoman Wants Reforms as Decapitated Soldier Cold Case Lingers
One year after Spc. Enrique Roman-Martinez's death was deemed a cold case, Democratic Congresswoman Norma J. Torres introduced a bill that would require the military to take steps to ensure cases like his aren't improperly shelved by the services.
''In the wake of an unsolved 2020 homicide, a lawmaker is pushing the Pentagon to overhaul how it handles cold cases.
One year after Spc. Enrique Roman-Martinez's death was deemed a cold case, Democratic Congresswoman Norma J. Torres introduced a bill that would require the military to take steps to ensure cases like his aren't improperly shelved by the services.
"The fact that Spc. Roman-Martinez's case remains unsolved is unacceptable, and I have previously demanded that the Pentagon's inspector general conduct a full, independent examination of what happened to this case," Torres told Military.com in a statement via email.''
Fort Bragg paratrooper’s death moves to cold case status
A California congresswoman and the family of a decapitated Fort Bragg paratrooper are upset that the Army is considering his death a “cold case.”
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At the time of his death, Roman-Martinez was a human resource specialist assigned to Headquarters Company, 37th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division.
“After exhausting hundreds of leads and thousands of hours of investigation, there are no more credible investigative leads remaining at this time, but the case itself is not ‘closed,’ it is in a cold case status,” Jeffrey Castro, an Army Criminal Investigation Division spokesman, said in an email this week. “As always, if new information pertinent to any of our investigations becomes available, CID can and often does reopen investigations if warranted.”
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Griselda Martinez, the sister of cold case victim Spc. Enrique Roman-Martinez, told Military.com that the struggles her family has encountered in getting justice make her think about their mom, Maria -- and how her life was upended by her son's death.
"She suffered a lot, and all she wanted was a family and to have a nice peaceful life, and she couldn't get that," Martinez said. "She doesn't have that."
Martinez also expects more from the Army.
"I want the truth," she said. "I want to know what happened to my brother. I want more effort for my brother. I want justice for my family."
Last year, Rep. Norma Torres, D-Calif., who represents the district that includes Chino, California, where Roman-Martinez was from, introduced the Enrique Roman-Martinez Military Cold Case Justice Act of 2022. It's meant to not only change the way the military works to solve cold cases, but also how investigators communicate with each other and other law enforcement agencies.
Torres pointed to a lack of coordination between law enforcement agencies as troubling about the Roman-Martinez case, as well as the Army's investigatory efforts generally.
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"She suffered a lot, and all she wanted was a family and to have a nice peaceful life, and she couldn't get that," Martinez said. "She doesn't have that."
Martinez also expects more from the Army.
"I want the truth," she said. "I want to know what happened to my brother. I want more effort for my brother. I want justice for my family."
Last year, Rep. Norma Torres, D-Calif., who represents the district that includes Chino, California, where Roman-Martinez was from, introduced the Enrique Roman-Martinez Military Cold Case Justice Act of 2022. It's meant to not only change the way the military works to solve cold cases, but also how investigators communicate with each other and other law enforcement agencies.
Torres pointed to a lack of coordination between law enforcement agencies as troubling about the Roman-Martinez case, as well as the Army's investigatory efforts generally.
Murdered or Missing: The Army Stands Up a Cold Case Unit to Tackle Unsolved Crimes
Until last year, the Army didn't have a formal unit to try to close cold case investigations. Now, under the shadow of decades of military cold case history and unyielding pressure from families and Congress, the Army is finally building one.
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the army needs to do better. for this case, for all those fort hood cases.....
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Cold Case Files: The Fort Bragg soldier whose head washed ashore
FORT LIBERTY, N.C. (WNCT) — Enrique Roman-Martinez was stationed at Fort Bragg in 2020 as a paratrooper in the US Army. Enrique had moved all the way from his home in Chino, Calif., to attend…
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To this day no one knows who murdered Enrique or where the rest of his body is.
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This case was mentioned on another thread:
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A soldier's mysterious death triggers new focus on Army cold cases
Case of soldier's mysterious death raises concerns.
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Spc. Enrique Roman-Martinez | Unsolved Homicide
Reward of $50,000 for information on the death of Spc. Enrique Roman-Martinez. The U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) continues to offer a reward of up to $50,000 for credible information
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The U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) continues to offer a reward of up to $50,000 for credible information concerning the circumstances surrounding his death.
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Fort Liberty soldier's shocking death marks four years; case remains cold
This May marks four years since the mysterious death of Enrique Roman-Martinez.
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This May marked four years since the mysterious death of Enrique Roman-Martinez.
In 2022, the Army created a centralized cold case unit, which it didn’t have when Roman-Martinez died.
And as Spectrum News reported last fall, Roman-Martinez’s death sparked legislation in Congress to help the Army improve communication around homicide cases.
This May, California Democratic Rep. Norma Torres, who helped pass that legislation, called on lawmakers to increase funding for the military’s criminal investigative units, including the Army’s.