He Confessed to an Afghanistan War Murder. The U.S. Military Promptly Closed the Case.
A veteran walked into a California police station to make a horrifying confession. The post He Confessed to an Afghanistan War Murder. The U.S. Military Promptly Closed the Case. appeared first on The Intercept .
In 2023, an Army veteran of the Afghanistan War confessed to a murder during a private meeting at a police headquarters in Banning, California. The veteran, who had served with the 82nd Airborne Division, recounted his experience during a meeting with a CID agent. The 82nd Airborne had been stationed at Combat Outpost Ware in Afghanistan’s Arghandab River Valley in 2010, where they faced a high risk from improvised explosive devices and Taliban attacks.
Despite the dangers, the veteran confessed to killing an unarmed man and wounding a woman, stating that he needed to be held accountable for his actions and had committed a war crime. The veteran waived his rights and signed the confession on March 28, 2023.
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