JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. (AP) — An unredacted list of the charges against Staff Sgt. Robert Bales reveals discrepancies in the Army’s account of how many adults and how many children died during the nighttime massacre in which he is charged.
The Army has maintained, through its public affairs officers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, that Bales killed seven adults and nine children early March 11, 2012. However, the unredacted charges against Bales, which The Associated Press obtained from his lawyer — suggest the total might have been eight adults and eight children.
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