Navy SEALs, Marines charged with murder of Green Beret
By Tamar Lapin November 15, 2018 | 5:16pm | Updated
A pair of elite Navy SEALs and a set of US Marines allegedly teamed up to kill a Green Beret — binding him in duct tape and strangling him to death in a hazing attempt gone wrong.
The four servicemen were charged Wednesday for the gruesome killing of Green Beret Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar in the West African nation of Mali in June 2017, the Daily Beast reported.
They’re accused of breaking into 34-year-old Melgar’s room while he was sleeping to try to rob him, restraining him with duct tape and then strangling him with a chokehold, according to charging documents.
The names of the servicemen were redacted in the charge sheets but the SEALs were identified in reports as members of the elite Team Six and named Petty Officer Anthony E. DeDolph and Chief Petty Officer Adam C. Matthews. The Marines weren’t named but they’re reportedly part of the “Raiders,” another elite unit.
The accused killers had gotten into a fight with Texas-born Melgar because he accused them of being unprofessional, sources told the Daily Beast. SEALs DeDolph and Matthews were allegedly soliciting prostitutes and bringing them back to the safe house in Bamako and Melgar found out that they were allegedly skimming cash from a fund to recruit informants about local Islamist activity.
“The place ran like a frat house,” the source said.
Melgar reported the violation up the chain of command, drawing the ire of the two SEALs and Marine Raiders. Then on June 4, the day of his murder, Melgar had been invited to an embassy party and the others hadn’t been invited, so they planned to haze him for the slight, the source said.
“They planned for hours.”
They allegedly confronted Melgar in the safe house around 5 a.m. and DeDolph, a mixed-martial-arts fighter, allegedly put him in a chokehold. When they realized he wasn’t breathing, they tried to resuscitate him by giving him CPR and opening a hole in his throat to intubate. They then took him to a French medical facility where he was pronounced dead.
The two sailors and two Marines were charged with murder, involuntary manslaughter, conspiracy, obstruction of justice, hazing and burglary. They’re also accused of lying to investigators.
https://nypost.com/2018/11/15/navy-seals-marines-charged-with-murder-of-green-beret/
By Tamar Lapin November 15, 2018 | 5:16pm | Updated
A pair of elite Navy SEALs and a set of US Marines allegedly teamed up to kill a Green Beret — binding him in duct tape and strangling him to death in a hazing attempt gone wrong.
The four servicemen were charged Wednesday for the gruesome killing of Green Beret Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar in the West African nation of Mali in June 2017, the Daily Beast reported.
They’re accused of breaking into 34-year-old Melgar’s room while he was sleeping to try to rob him, restraining him with duct tape and then strangling him with a chokehold, according to charging documents.
The names of the servicemen were redacted in the charge sheets but the SEALs were identified in reports as members of the elite Team Six and named Petty Officer Anthony E. DeDolph and Chief Petty Officer Adam C. Matthews. The Marines weren’t named but they’re reportedly part of the “Raiders,” another elite unit.
The accused killers had gotten into a fight with Texas-born Melgar because he accused them of being unprofessional, sources told the Daily Beast. SEALs DeDolph and Matthews were allegedly soliciting prostitutes and bringing them back to the safe house in Bamako and Melgar found out that they were allegedly skimming cash from a fund to recruit informants about local Islamist activity.
“The place ran like a frat house,” the source said.
Melgar reported the violation up the chain of command, drawing the ire of the two SEALs and Marine Raiders. Then on June 4, the day of his murder, Melgar had been invited to an embassy party and the others hadn’t been invited, so they planned to haze him for the slight, the source said.
“They planned for hours.”
They allegedly confronted Melgar in the safe house around 5 a.m. and DeDolph, a mixed-martial-arts fighter, allegedly put him in a chokehold. When they realized he wasn’t breathing, they tried to resuscitate him by giving him CPR and opening a hole in his throat to intubate. They then took him to a French medical facility where he was pronounced dead.
The two sailors and two Marines were charged with murder, involuntary manslaughter, conspiracy, obstruction of justice, hazing and burglary. They’re also accused of lying to investigators.
https://nypost.com/2018/11/15/navy-seals-marines-charged-with-murder-of-green-beret/
