Found Alive TX - Fort Cavazos Spc. Craig Chamberlain, 23, Killeen, declared AWOL in March, last seen by wife after argument, 15 May 2023 *wife dies a week later*

[Allabouttrial]

Very brief interview with wife here. She starts talking around 1 minute in..

 

[sleuth_truths]

TRANSCRIPTION OF PARENT'S INTERVIEW


DAD - Craig 'If you're out there and watching this; we love you, you know you have a huge support system here at home. Nothing in this world could ever make us stop loving you. We've had friends, family, church family and neighbours praying constantly for your safe return. Come home. Let your mother and I stand beside you. Let us stand beside you and face whatever's to come; it is not something you need to do alone.'

SBM

Why would Craig feel he would potentially have to face something alone? Why would only his mother and father stand beside him when he also has a wife?

Just asking questions...

 

[adot0902]

I'm very confused about him being posted to Korea in December and not going. How does that work in the Army?

Maybe times have really really changed. But all my friends who have received orders had to go immediately!! Granted I'm older so none of my friends hold low rankings they are all pretty much lifers and have 15+ years in, so maybe it's much easier for a specialist to go missing than SFC's and above, but I don't think you can just not show up, we are missing a HUGE piece of this story.

 

[Allabouttrial]

SBM

Why would Craig feel he would potentially have to face something alone? Why would only his mother and father stand beside him when he also has a wife?

Just asking questions...

I believe there's a lot more than meets the eye here and not just problems that he may have had in his marriage. No facts just reading between the lines from various info. on MSM etc.

 

[sleuth_truths]

Very brief interview with wife here. She starts talking around 1 minute in..

So that was...interesting.

 

[CHEL]

I haven't seen any pics of the wife in MSM, but if you click Craig's FB page listed above, you can find her easily.

Nice to "see" you, @caradana.

There's an angry reaction on the post she shared re him missing. Interesting.

 

[Allabouttrial]

There's an angry reaction on the post she shared re him missing. Interesting.

Yeah not a friend, just someone who's been posting on their page about this case by the looks.

 

[sleuth_truths]

Very brief interview with wife here. She starts talking around 1 minute in..

I don't find his wife's description of what he was wearing when he left very helpful at all. A white OR black shirt. Jeans OR shorts. I understand that it isn't uncommon to remember what someone was wearing the last time you saw him/her. Just saying the given clothing description is incredibly ambiguous.

Due to MSM and social media research, I now understand the parents' statement. I think, due to the sensitive aspects of this story (that I cannot link at this time), I'm going to sit back and just let it unfold. Hoping for, but not expecting, Craig's safe return.

 

[aggiekel2005]

Maybe times have really really changed. But all my friends who have received orders had to go immediately!! Granted I'm older so none of my friends hold low rankings they are all pretty much lifers and have 15+ years in, so maybe it's much easier for a specialist to go missing than SFC's and above, but I don't think you can just not show up, we are missing a HUGE piece of this story.

I live in a somewhat military community. Typically, when they are given orders to PCS somewhere, they are given at least some lead time. They know it's coming and when, but don't necessarily know where they are going until closer to the date. I don't think he would have had to leave immediately, but he definitely would have been given a date to report to base.

I'm assuming he didn't live in base housing or else he would have been evicted before now. Did no one go to his home to check on him when he didn't show up in Korea in December? It seems so odd to me that he just ignored orders and it seems like they just marked him as AWOL with no further investigation (just my assumption without knowing much about how the military works)

 

[Unsolved]

Fort Cavazos: Soldier missing since Monday

Chamberlain says that her husband has continued to struggle with his mental health on post.

"I am worried that he's in danger because about two weeks ago he told me he was experimenting with drugs because he hated Fort Cavazos," Chamberlain said. "He hated the leadership and everything. He was using that to cope."

<snipped for focus/BBM>

MOO but I really hate that she throws her soldier husband under the bus in the press and then backs up over him. It's one thing to speak confidentially with LE and quite another to broadcast info like this. I don't like where this is headed, but I trust it will be figured out. "What's done in the dark always comes to the light" - especially in this era of SM/Cell phone records"!

 

[jellybean96]

Fort Cavazos: Soldier missing since Monday

"Chamberlain's wife, Cam Chamberlain, told 6 News that the Army CID has 30 to 40 people actively searching for her husband. But, she continues to worry and wonder where her husband is... still with no answers.

"I wake him up on Monday to go do some errands and it's like something just flipped. A switch just flipped with him," Cam Chamberlain said.

A typical Monday of going to the bank and running errands, turned into a nightmare for this military wife.

"After three days of not hearing from him and then not being able to ping his cell phone and then finding out he is AWOL, those were when the alarm bells started ringing that my husband is probably in danger right now," Cam Chamberlain said.

Chamberlain was last reported seen leaving his home in Killeen around 6 P.M. on Monday, May 15th.
But, his unusual behavior reportedly started months before.

"Since February or March, he has been completely AWOL," said Chamberlain. "Nobody has had any contact with him from the army. I don't see how a soldier just disappears for months on end from the army and them not have any explanation."

Chamberlain says that her husband has continued to struggle with his mental health on post.

"I am worried that he's in danger because about two weeks ago he told me he was experimenting with drugs because he hated Fort Cavazos," Chamberlain said. "He hated the leadership and everything. He was using that to cope."

As the mom of an Army soldier, I have a hard time believing he was completely AWOL for MONTHS without someone from his unit asking questions or showing up on his doorstep. They lived on base (from what I gathered....I dont know if that is 10000% correct) so him just deciding not to go to work for 2-3 months without someone jerking his chain about it is just not happening, IMHO. My son had covid and missed a workout. He had 3 people calling him until he answered the phone and his sergeant showed up on his doorstep within 12 hours of missing PT.

Also, let's say his wife is being truthful -- he was AWOL since Feb -- was she not worried about her husband just laying around the house for a few months, and not going to work? Did she reach out to his battle buddies? His commanding officer?

So many questions and very few answers.

 

[Unsolved]

You can also find another FB account for his spouse by searching the name used in the article (last name Mann rather than Chamberlain). My suspicions were confirmed there. I am very concerned for Craig.

I'd really like to know if "RF" is alive and kicking today. KWIM?

 

[MyJoey]

You can also find another FB account for his spouse by searching the name used in the article (last name Mann rather than Chamberlain). My suspicions were confirmed there. I am very concerned for Craig.

Ditto! I agree!

 

[PommyMommy]

Fort Cavazos seeks public assistance in locating missing soldier

Fort Cavazos leadership is requesting the public’s help in finding a missing soldier, post officials announced Friday. The soldier, Spc. Craig Chamberlain, never reported to Korea, according to Lt. Col.

kdhnews.com

Mann said she began to notice changes in Chamberlain’s demeanor around December when the two, who have been married since Oct. 16, 2020, moved into a friend’s house in preparation for his upcoming rotation in Korea.

 

[Teche]

Fort Cavazos seeks public assistance in locating missing soldier

Fort Cavazos leadership is requesting the public’s help in finding a missing soldier, post officials announced Friday. The soldier, Spc. Craig Chamberlain, never reported to Korea, according to Lt. Col.

kdhnews.com

Mann said she began to notice changes in Chamberlain’s demeanor around December when the two, who have been married since Oct. 16, 2020, moved into a friend’s house in preparation for his upcoming rotation in Korea.

It’s odd that they moved into a friend’s house due to his upcoming rotation. Doesn't the military assist with a housing allowance when a spouse remains stateside?
Craig’s parents seem supportive and involved with their church family. The parents and Craig’s wife aren’t on the same page.

 

[asmi106082]

So that was...interesting.

Extremely.

 

[SandyQLS]

The first few articles about his disappearance, quote his wife, CC: "I believe, absolutely 100 percent, the depression had played a huge role in it,” CC said, “I also believe that he’s in grave danger, if he’s still alive."

Pure speculation on my part, but I think his parents are referring to her. I didn't necessarily see anywhere where the military made any claims about the status of his mental health.

RBBM. As soon as I read that bolded part IMO he is deceased. I have never heard the expression "grave danger" except for the heated verbal exchange in the courtroom between Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson in the film A Few Good Men. This is just not every day speech. The fact that CC added on "if he's still alive" just emphasizes the Freudian slip, the subconscious mind gurgling up its knowledge that 'he is in a grave'. IMO CC knows more. IMO I trust the parents.

 

[SandyQLS]

Fort Cavazos seeks public assistance in locating missing soldier

Fort Cavazos leadership is requesting the public’s help in finding a missing soldier, post officials announced Friday. The soldier, Spc. Craig Chamberlain, never reported to Korea, according to Lt. Col.

kdhnews.com

Mann said she began to notice changes in Chamberlain’s demeanor around December when the two, who have been married since Oct. 16, 2020, moved into a friend’s house in preparation for his upcoming rotation in Korea.

JMO the spouse's story, as detailed in the article you linked, doesn't even make sense. He had exited Fort Cavazos and was no longer on their roster. His status was "on orders" en route to Korea. When he never showed up in Korea, he was listed AWOL then AUN. So he slipped into a hole so to speak - it was not up to Fort Cavazos to look for him because he was no longer stationed there; and a unit in Korea cannot do much from overseas.

In the article, it's almost like the spouse thinks he could drive to "Korea" to work every day (as spouse is claiming he went to work every day until May).

 

[sunflowermomma]

This timeline is super confusing.

December 2022 - Permanent transfer order issued to Korea. Alleged move into friend's house to prepare for Korea move. Allegedly depressed and starting to use drugs.

No date specified - Officially cleared his Fort Cavazos unit between Korea order and AWOL

March 2023 - Went AWOL from Army

May 15 2023 - Last seen in Killeen, TX

May 18 2023 - Wife learns he hasn't been to work since March (Quote from 5/19 article: "He told me he was going to work the whole time, so I didn’t think anything of it, but in reality, he wasn’t really going to work; he was just saying he was going to work,” Mann said. “He was supposed to be reporting to Korea and never did and told his former coworkers that he was in Korea, but he was clearly with me, so that’s when he went AWOL.” What?)

 

[Teche]

Has the “roommate” given an interview?