Colo. Soldier Kills Himself After Arrest

[Rose Siding]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- A soldier committed suicide after being arrested on suspicion of arranging a sexual encounter with a 13-year-old girl over the Internet.

Sgt. 1st Class Andre Ventura McDaniel, 40, shot himself in the head with a .380-caliber handgun, officials said Wednesday. His body was found in a field last Saturday.

McDaniel, who was based at Fort Carson, was arrested Aug. 20 and charged with sexual assault on a child, enticement of a child and possession of an illegal weapon -- a switchblade. The Army was also investigating him on suspicion of stealing cash in Iraq.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-brf-soldier-suicide,0,7051954.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

[jukes]

1. PTSD

it's starting again...

[Longhorn79]

3. Also from the article:

"The Army was also investigating him on suspicion of stealing cash in Iraq. "

Doesn't sound like the type of guy whose salary I enjoy paying. Doesn't say anything about combat, though, in reference to PTSD

[Nevernose]

6. "Sexual assault on a child"

A lot of things can be chalked up to PTSD. Raping -- statutorially or otherwise -- a thirteen year old ain't one of them.

Hey Jukes -- long time no see.

[jukes]

8. you've got me there, argumentus

good chance this mope has been dangerous for a long time. sending him into combat wasn't a good idea, though...

[Southpaw Bookworm]

2. Let's see

40-year-old guy trolling on the Web for teenagers

:nopity:

[leesa]

5. Do you know that he knew she was 13?

Do you know that he was "trolling for teenagers"?

[jukes]

7. good point

we don't know if it was a self inflicted wound, either. BTW, it isn't against the law for a government employee to possess a switchblade, either.

[leesa]

4. Bush and the Crime Family steal billions from Iraq, but THEY aren't under

investigation.

[Kimber Scott]

9. What does that have to do with a pedophile?

The guy was, apparently, a fucking loser that happened to be in the Army. Guess what? There's a lot of them in there, just like there are a lot of losers who AREN'T in the Army. Nothing to do with Bush, or the Crime Family. It does have to do with a 13 year old girl and her family. And now, a dead pedophile's family, who probably never had a clue.

[Rose Siding]

10. Why is it...

that people are still so willing to take the govt at its word, no questions asked.

[Kimber Scott]

11. I'm sorry. The guy was a double-agent trolling for Iraqi informants to

tell him where to find yellow-cake in Iran to sell to Chalabi so he could use it to trade with bin Laden for more counter-feit Iraqi money with which to bring down the "New" Iraqi economy and sell it all to Israel, who will then use it for a base to go up against Iran and then move into Afghanistan. The 13 year old girl was really a 47 year old Pakistani woman in a wig.

My bad.