Editors Note: A murder would be covered under the DBA, a suicide would not ….
Vicki Terrell Comment left on November 7, 2010
I know for a fact the the CID in Afghanistan do not investigate all of the cases!
My husband, Paul A. Terrell, was murdered on base at Camp Phoenix on June 17, 2010 and they are trying to say that it was a suicide. It was NOT suicide! He had only been back on base for a few hours after a 2 week vacation home.
He was retired from the US Navy and on his third tour as a civilian contractor.
His passport is still missing along with his cell phone he had just called me from.
They have given me at least 5 places where his passport is and every place they say claims to not have it.
He was hung in his shop in the early hours of June 17.
When they sent me the list of evidence from the scene, the top of the list was a cigarette butt. When I told them that my husband did NOT smoke, they said they would do DNA on the cigarette.
Now they claim that the DNA matched and when they sent his things home they DID NOT send his shaving kit (obviously where I could have gotten DNA).
They waited to send everything home until he was cremated so I could not get his DNA.
Thinking I could trust the military to due a proper investigation
I WILL eventually find out what happened and clear my husband’s name, but until then there will not be any closure for myself or our 2 granddaughters that we are raising. I have contacted 2 of his friends there only to be hung up on or ignored.
It makes me wonder if they are afraid or been ordered not to talk to me.
If anyone out there knows of someone that will investigate this, please let me know.
My husband was not depressed or unhappy. He was there to serve his country and make the money to send our girls to college. We were very happily married without problems. A few hours before he had even gone jogging and told these friends about us looking for a new home in Florida on his vacation!
I ask you…Is this a man that would have committed suicide? Absolutely not…He WAS murdered!!!
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