Lewis-McChord lt. colonel charged with hiring hitman to kill wife, boss [View all]

[unhappycamper]

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/03/14/141755/lewis-mcchord-lt-colonel-charged.html

Lewis-McChord lt. colonel charged with hiring hitman to kill wife, boss
Stacia Glenn | The (Tacoma) News Tribune
Posted on Wednesday, March 14, 2012

After violence found Army Lt. Col. Robert Underwood as a child, he seemed to gravitate toward it.

A series of warnings in recent weeks might have helped prevent the slayings of his estranged wife, girlfriend and commanding officer at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, and possibly even a terrorist attack on the State Capitol.

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Underwood’s wife has a restraining order against him for herself and their two teenage daughters. She said she has contacted Underwood’s commander multiple times because of threatening emails and Facebook messages.

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An officer noted that Underwood’s commander, Reed, had called police and warned that Underwood’s threat regarding the Capitol should be considered valid. The officer also wrote that Underwood was paying for six attorneys for the divorce and “put it all together and he is ready to snap.”



unhappycamper comment: IMO, this was caused by PTSD and tours in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan.