GI's Death Ruled Negligent Homicide

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GI's Death Ruled Negligent Homicide
December 04, 2008
Arizona Daily Star

An Army investigation has determined the death of a Soldier earlier this year in a medical barracks at Fort Huachuca was a negligent homicide.

However, no criminal charges will be filed stemming from the Jan. 28 death of Pfc. Eli Baker, 22, because of a lack of evidence, a spokeswoman for the fort said Wednesday.

"The evidence needed to result in any type of successful prosecution, we just don't have that," Angela Moncur said. "Nothing will happen unless new evidence comes to light."

Baker, from California, died of a morphine overdose, said Chris Grey, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command.

"We have reason to believe that someone supplied him with that morphine, but he was not prescribed that morphine," Grey said.


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