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Documents: Alcohol, sex and violence collided in murder case involving SEALs and Marines
Source: Washington Post
Documents: Alcohol, sex and violence collided in murder case involving SEALs and Marines
By DAN LAMOTHE AND BRAD WOLVERTON | The Washington Post | Published: April 16, 2019
After a long night of drinking in Mali’s capital, two Navy SEALs and two Marine Raiders smashed their way into Army Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar’s room with a sledgehammer.
Armed with duct tape, they had a goal, two of the suspected assailants recalled: to teach the Green Beret soldier a lesson for leaving them behind in traffic on the way to a party at the French Embassy. It was the latest chapter in a feud between Melgar and the SEALs, who had traded accusations about careless behavior that could threaten their mission.
One of the SEALs, Petty Officer 1st Class Anthony DeDolph, a former professional mixed-martial arts fighter and Purple Heart recipient, jumped onto Melgar and put him into a chokehold on his bed sometime after 5 a.m., two of the men later told authorities. The other SEAL, Chief Petty Officer Adam Matthews, grabbed Melgar’s legs while the two Marines sought to duct-tape them.
They moved on to Melgar’s wrists, but they realized he had stopped breathing.
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All four men face the same charges, including felony murder, obstruction of justice and hazing, according to U.S. military documents, in the June 4, 2017, death of Melgar, a member of 3rd Special Forces Group who had served two deployments in Afghanistan.
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By DAN LAMOTHE AND BRAD WOLVERTON | The Washington Post | Published: April 16, 2019
After a long night of drinking in Mali’s capital, two Navy SEALs and two Marine Raiders smashed their way into Army Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar’s room with a sledgehammer.
Armed with duct tape, they had a goal, two of the suspected assailants recalled: to teach the Green Beret soldier a lesson for leaving them behind in traffic on the way to a party at the French Embassy. It was the latest chapter in a feud between Melgar and the SEALs, who had traded accusations about careless behavior that could threaten their mission.
One of the SEALs, Petty Officer 1st Class Anthony DeDolph, a former professional mixed-martial arts fighter and Purple Heart recipient, jumped onto Melgar and put him into a chokehold on his bed sometime after 5 a.m., two of the men later told authorities. The other SEAL, Chief Petty Officer Adam Matthews, grabbed Melgar’s legs while the two Marines sought to duct-tape them.
They moved on to Melgar’s wrists, but they realized he had stopped breathing.
-snip-
All four men face the same charges, including felony murder, obstruction of justice and hazing, according to U.S. military documents, in the June 4, 2017, death of Melgar, a member of 3rd Special Forces Group who had served two deployments in Afghanistan.
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Read more: https://www.stripes.com/news/africa/documents-alcohol-sex-and-violence-collided-in-murder-case-involving-seals-and-marines-1.577181
Alternate link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/sex-alcohol-and-violence-collided-in-murder-case-ensnaring-seals-and-marines/2019/04/16/201404d4-57dd-11e9-8ef3-fbd41a2ce4d5_story.html