Something strange and disturbing may be afoot in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Either a killer who harkens back to Northern California and the late 60s is truly at work, or a number of men have decided now is the prime time to rid themselves of troublesome women. Both possibilities are pretty damned spooky, in their ways. WRAL in Raleigh is reporting today that a Fort Bragg-based female soldier is missing and her apartment was burned.
Spc. Megan Touma, the pregnant soldier found murdered in a Fayetteville motel on June 21, was associated with a medical specialty. The newly-missing soldier's name and rank have not been released, but according to WRAL, "she was believed to be assigned to Womack Army Medical Center."
The missing soldier didn't show up for work on Wednesday, and members of her unit went to check on her. They discovered a burned-out apartment. The fire was determined to be arson. In fact, cops were already processing the scene when the apartment building was evacuated for fear a new fire might break out, perhaps from accelerants still on the scene.
This missing soldier was going through a divorce, and authorities are seeking her husband for questioning.
The immediate question that may come to mind if you've read about the Zodiac Killer-like letter that accompanied the murder of Megan Touma is whether or not this is perhaps a second salvo in a serial killer's war on the public in general and young military women, in particular.
Logically, though, another possibility presents itself: another psychopathic male has been following events in the Touma case and found himself "inspired" to take a novel and homicidal approach to his own problems with a woman in his life, perhaps hoping that the drama surrounding the Touma investigation might serve to help cover his tracks.
At the moment, my money's on the latter explanation for this new Fort Bragg female soldier in peril. If another letter arrives in the mailroom at the Fayetteville Observer, I may change my mind. I'll update and revise this post as needed.
[Hat-tip to Mysteriew at Websleuths.com.]
Spc. Megan Touma, the pregnant soldier found murdered in a Fayetteville motel on June 21, was associated with a medical specialty. The newly-missing soldier's name and rank have not been released, but according to WRAL, "she was believed to be assigned to Womack Army Medical Center."
The missing soldier didn't show up for work on Wednesday, and members of her unit went to check on her. They discovered a burned-out apartment. The fire was determined to be arson. In fact, cops were already processing the scene when the apartment building was evacuated for fear a new fire might break out, perhaps from accelerants still on the scene.
This missing soldier was going through a divorce, and authorities are seeking her husband for questioning.
The immediate question that may come to mind if you've read about the Zodiac Killer-like letter that accompanied the murder of Megan Touma is whether or not this is perhaps a second salvo in a serial killer's war on the public in general and young military women, in particular.
Logically, though, another possibility presents itself: another psychopathic male has been following events in the Touma case and found himself "inspired" to take a novel and homicidal approach to his own problems with a woman in his life, perhaps hoping that the drama surrounding the Touma investigation might serve to help cover his tracks.
At the moment, my money's on the latter explanation for this new Fort Bragg female soldier in peril. If another letter arrives in the mailroom at the Fayetteville Observer, I may change my mind. I'll update and revise this post as needed.
[Hat-tip to Mysteriew at Websleuths.com.]
