Slain Soldier's Unit Lax On Procedures

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
September 12, 2008

A pregnant soldier’s unit at Fort Bragg, N.C., didn’t follow procedures for keeping track of newly arrived personnel, the Army said in a report on the disappearance of the woman, whose body was found this summer at an off-base motel. The report also said one noncommissioned officer had been reprimanded for lying during the investigation. Two others also were reprimanded. But the report said the oversights and mistakes would not have prevented the death of Spc. Megan L. Touma, 23, a dental specialist from Cold Spring, Ky. Her body was found June 21. Sgt. Edgar Patino, 27, of Hope Mills, was the father of Touma’s unborn baby and has been charged with first-degree murder.
 
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