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maddezmom

(135,060 posts)
Mon May 7, 2012, 11:37 AM May 2012

Army investigators: no foul play suspected in captain's death

Source: CNN

(CNN) -- Military investigators said Monday that they do not suspect foul play in the death of an Army captain who suddenly collapsed during a video chat with his wife.

Capt. Bruce Kevin Clark, 43, was using the video chatting service Skype to speak with his wife, Susan Orellana-Clark, on April 30 when he suddenly slumped forward and collapsed. He was dead when military personnel arrived two hours later.

Orellana-Clark said in a statement Sunday that she saw what appeared to be a bullet hole on the wall behind her husband after he collapsed, leading to speculation he had been shot.

While the cause of Clark's death is not yet known, investigators have ruled out a gunshot, Army Criminal Investigation Command spokesman Chris Grey said in a statement.


Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/07/us/afghanistan-skype-death/index.html

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Army investigators: no foul play suspected in captain's death (Original Post) maddezmom May 2012 OP
two hours later?? Angry Dragon May 2012 #1
He was in Afghanistan, not 6 blocks from a fire station in some US city. kestrel91316 May 2012 #2
Not only that, but the military has a lot of red tape tawadi May 2012 #3
She probably didn't have his commander's phone number. AtheistCrusader May 2012 #5
Wow, sad. I guess you can never jump to conclusions louis-t May 2012 #4
 

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)
2. He was in Afghanistan, not 6 blocks from a fire station in some US city.
Mon May 7, 2012, 01:10 PM
May 2012

His wife had to contact the military in the us and they had to figure out where he was and contact people there.

tawadi

(2,110 posts)
3. Not only that, but the military has a lot of red tape
Mon May 7, 2012, 01:12 PM
May 2012

I'm sure it took an hour an a half to get the right phone number.

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)
5. She probably didn't have his commander's phone number.
Mon May 7, 2012, 02:16 PM
May 2012

Remember, these people are in the field, in Afghanistan.

louis-t

(23,199 posts)
4. Wow, sad. I guess you can never jump to conclusions
Mon May 7, 2012, 01:43 PM
May 2012

about these things. I really thought he had been shot.

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