{"id":25850,"date":"2020-08-23T13:45:23","date_gmt":"2020-08-23T17:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=25850"},"modified":"2020-08-23T13:45:23","modified_gmt":"2020-08-23T17:45:23","slug":"what-in-the-world-is-going-on-at-fort-hood-with-so-many-mysterious-deaths-and-disappearances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=25850","title":{"rendered":"What in the world is going on at Fort Hood with so many mysterious deaths and disappearances!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Fort Hood WMD specialist missing amid string of mysterious deaths &amp; disappearances around army base<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25851\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25851\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25851\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/5f4102e920302775d64473dd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/5f4102e920302775d64473dd.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/5f4102e920302775d64473dd-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-25851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE PHOTOS: (L) Missing Army Sgt. Elder Fernandes; (R) The main gate at the US Army post at Fort Hood, Texas. \u00a9 Fort Hood \/ Twitter<\/p><\/div>\n<p>RT.com<\/p>\n<p>The US Army has asked the public for help finding a biological, chemical and nuclear specialist stationed at Fort Hood in Texas, the latest soldier to vanish after a spate of puzzling deaths and disappearances around the base.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old sergeant, Elder Fernandes, was reported missing earlier this week, last seen by his staff sergeant on Monday at a residence near the Fort Hood army base in Killeen, Texas,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kxxv.com\/hometown\/bell-county\/killeen-police-searching-for-missing-fort-hood-soldier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a>\u00a0to a local ABC affiliate. The military has now called on the public for any information they might have about the soldier, issuing an alert on social media on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe are very concerned about the welfare of this soldier and first and foremost we want to ensure he is OK,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Christopher Grey, spokesperson for the Army\u2019s Criminal Investigation Command (CID), said in a statement.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>If someone out there has any information, regardless of how trivial you may think it is, we are asking you to contact us immediately.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=RT_com&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1296898835021733894&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rt.com%2Fusa%2F498712-fort-hood-soldier-missing%2F&amp;siteScreenName=RT_com&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=223fc1c4%3A1596143124634&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1296898835021733894\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fernandes \u2013 a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear specialist assigned to the Sustainment Brigade of the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood \u2013 was brought to a residence in Killeen by his staff sergeant on Monday, but\u00a0<em>\u201cdid not report for work the following day as scheduled,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0the army said, noting that his only known vehicle remains at the base.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to his disappearance, the sergeant filed an\u00a0<em>\u201cabusive sexual contact report,\u201d<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox44news.com\/news\/local-news\/killeen-pd-searching-for-missing-soldier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a>\u00a0to Lieutenant Colonel Chris Brautigam, a public affairs officer at the base. Brautigam said Fernandes was transferred to a different unit following the report, in part to ensure there were\u00a0<em>\u201cno opportunities for reprisals,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0though provided few other details.<\/p>\n<p>A Massachusetts\u00a0state representative, Liz Miranda (D), said Fernandes\u2019 car was found with\u00a0<em>\u201call of his belongings\u201d<\/em>\u00a0at the Fort Hood base, and that he had\u00a0<em>\u201crecently signed a new lease and never picked up the keys to his apartment.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0She added that the soldier\u2019s mother had flown to Texas from his hometown in Brockton, Massachusetts\u00a0to find her son.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=RT_com&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=true&amp;id=1296559711396007938&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rt.com%2Fusa%2F498712-fort-hood-soldier-missing%2F&amp;siteScreenName=RT_com&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=223fc1c4%3A1596143124634&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1296559711396007938\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fernandes\u2019 disappearance comes just weeks after military investigators identified the remains of Specialist Vanessa Guillen, 20, who went missing from Fort Hood in April. Her case triggered widespread calls from lawmakers for an independent probe into how the army handled the investigation amid allegations that the soldier was a victim of sexual harassment before her death, which authorities have deemed a murder.<\/p>\n<p>Just 11 days after Guillen\u2019s remains were discovered, Army Private Mejhor Morta was found\u00a0<em>\u201cunresponsive\u201d<\/em>\u00a0some 15 miles away from Fort Hood, dying of an unknown cause a short time later. After Guillen, he was the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/news\/fort-hood-deaths-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">seventh soldier<\/a>\u00a0to die under mysterious circumstances near the base in 2020 alone, three from gunshot wounds. The skeletal remains of Private Gregory Morales, 24, were also discovered off-base in mid-June; foul play is suspected in his death, though little about the investigation has been made public.<\/p>\n<p>Fort Hood was again thrust into the spotlight earlier this month after two soldiers stationed there, and another at a base in San Antonio, were arrested and charged in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/us\/three-texas-soldiers-arrested-in-child-prostitution-sting-near-fort-hood-1.640811\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">child prostitution sting<\/a>, in which the three men believed they were meeting with girls aged 15 or 16 in a town adjacent to Killeen. A similar sting operation in 2017 led to child prostitution charges for 13 Fort Hood soldiers, all active duty.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/498712-fort-hood-soldier-missing\/\">https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/498712-fort-hood-soldier-missing\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fort Hood WMD specialist missing amid string of mysterious deaths &amp; disappearances around army base<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}