Thursday, November 15, 2018

Navy SEALs, Marines Charged With Green Beret Logan Melgar’s Murder


A Daily Beast Exclusive

The victim allegedly discovered SEALs in Mali were stealing money from an informant fund and soliciting prostitutes.

By Kevin Maurer and Spencer Ackerman 

The military has formally charged two Navy SEALs and two special-operations Marines in one of the most grisly cases of fratricide in recent U.S. history, The Daily Beast has learned.

Two members of elite SEAL Team Six, Petty Officer Anthony E. DeDolph and Chief Petty Officer Adam C. Matthews, along with two Marine Raiders face charges that include felony murder, conspiracy, obstruction of justice, burglary, hazing, and involuntary manslaughter in the strangulation death of a Green Beret, Army Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar. All four were charged with felony murder and with lying to investigators.

The charges were proffered against the four on Wednesday, according to the Navy. A preliminary hearing in military court is scheduled for December 10.

Melgar, assigned to the 3rd Special Forces Group, was killed in the West African nation of Mali in June 2017, as first reported by the New York Times

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