FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – A soldier at Fort Bragg in North Carolina is a person of interest in the death of a pregnant servicewoman whose body was found in a motel bathtub a week ago, a military spokesman said yesterday.
The soldier is training at a school where special operations ranging from raids to reconstruction projects are taught, said Lt. Col. John Clearwater, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Special Operations Command. The soldier, who was not identified, is studying psychological operations.
Telephone and e-mail messages left for a Fayetteville Police Department spokesman were not returned yesterday.
Police have called the death of Spc. Megan Lynn Touma, 23, suspicious.
Touma, a dental specialist, was seven months pregnant and had recently arrived from a base in Germany.
Police also are investigating a letter sent to a newspaper purported to be written by a person claiming responsibility for Touma's death. The Fayetteville Observer turned the letter over to police.
In the letter, the author confesses to being a serial killer.
