European brief: Ceremony set for private found dead

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European brief: Ceremony set for private found dead
Stars and Stripes
European edition, Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Army investigators are looking into the death of Pvt. Chipper T. Rogers, who was found dead in his Grafenwöhr, Germany, barracks room the morning after his 21st birthday.

Results of an autopsy are not yet available, and the Army isn’t speculating about the cause of death, said Maj. Bryan Woods, a spokesman for the 21st Theater Sustainment Command. He said there is a possibility charges could be filed, depending on the results of the investigation.

"Right now, there’s several different ways that this can go, and each way is being thoroughly investigated" because the Army wants "to make sure that we get down to the bottom of exactly what happened," Woods said.

Rogers, from Keene, N.H., was a motor transport operator with the 41st Transportation Company, 18th Sustainment Support Battalion.

In television and newspaper interviews, Donna Jean Rogers, Rogers’ adoptive mother, has publicly criticized the lack of information given her by the Army. Because the investigation is still open, the Army can’t release any more information at this time, Woods said.


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