Army names 2 in reopened electrocution cases

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Army names 2 in reopened electrocution cases
By Matthew Cox - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Feb 10, 2009 5:11:08 EST

Army criminal investigators have released the names of two soldiers involved in the three additional electrocution death cases that had been initially ruled as accidents.

The service’s Criminal Investigation Command reopened the cases of Spc. Chase R. Whitham and Sgt. Christopher Lee Everett in January along with a third soldier’s case, whose identity has not been released.

“The third soldier’s identification is not being released at this time due to notification of next of kin,” CID spokesman Chris Grey said in a statement Monday. “We have notified some family members that we have reopened the case, but are having trouble locating and notifying the primary next of kin who is out of the country at this time. This is not a new case.”

The Army announced the status change of the three additional cases Friday, which follow the reopening of the case of Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth, an Army Special Forces soldier who died Jan. 2, 2008, when he was electrocuted in his barracks shower in Baghdad.

In addition to these four Army cases, Naval Criminal Investigative Service has also reopened the probe into the Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class (FMF) David Cedergren, who died Sept. 11, 2004, in an outdoor shower at Forward Operating Base Iskandariyah, Iraq.


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