Authorities expand shower electrocution probe

[unhappycamper]

Authorities expand shower electrocution probe
By Kimberly Hefling - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Feb 2, 2009 20:21:47 EST

WASHINGTON — A third U.S. service member has been determined to have been electrocuted in a shower in Iraq, and Navy criminal investigators are investigating, The Associated Press has learned.

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class David A. Cedergren, 25, of South St. Paul, Minn., died Sept. 11, 2004, while showering. His family was told he died of natural causes.

Late last year, the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology changed the manner of Cedergren’s death to “accidental,” caused by electrocution and inflammation of the heart. The Naval Criminal Investigative Services has reopened an investigation into his death, Ed Buice, a NCIS spokesman, said Monday.

Cedergren’s death is among 18 electrocution deaths under review as part of a Department of Defense Inspector General inquiry. The inquiry primarily involves electrical work done at a facility where a Fort Campbell, Ky.-based Green Beret, Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth, 24, of Pittsburgh, was electrocuted while showering in January 2008.

Sixteen of those who died were U.S. service members. Two were military contractors. Improperly installed or maintained electrical devices have been blamed in some of the deaths, while accidental contact with power lines has also been a cause in the electrocution deaths.


Rest of article at: http://armytimes.com/news/2009/02/ap_shower_electrocution_020209w/%2e

[Berry Cool]

1. This is so evil. "He died of natural causes,"

when they really died because of KBR, Halliburton and Dick Cheney...

...That monster has blood on his hands he can never wash off.