Fort Bragg soldier who went missing in Outer Banks was decapitated: Autopsy

Published December 5, 2020 8:27pm ET



A 21-year-old soldier from Fort Bragg who went missing during a camping trip to North Carolina’s Outer Banks was decapitated, according to an autopsy report.

Spc. Enrique Roman-Martinez, a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division, was reported missing over Memorial Day weekend. During a 10-day search, Roman-Martinez’s head washed ashore at a Shackleford Banks beach, the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command said. Dental records were used to confirm the identity, the Durham Herald-Sun reported on Friday.

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