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PARENTS.
SHE FEELS SHE MUST LEARN
WHO THEY ARE AND YOU WILL
NOT BELIEVE WHERE SHE MIND
FINDS THEM.
>> FIRST UP TODAY, A MARINE
DIES IN KAL KAUNL DER
MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.
AT FIRST THE MILITARY CALLS
IT SUE AID BUT THE MARINE'S
FAMILY DOESN'T BELIEVE IT
AND ESPECIALLY BARKS ON A
MISSION TO FIND OUT WHAT
HAPPENS TO CAPTAIN JEFFREY
DIGMAN.
>>> JEFFREY DIGMAN HAD
ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A
SOLDIER, SO WHEN HE GREW UP
AND BECAME MARINE CAPTAIN
JEFFREY S. DIGMAN, HIS
LIFELONG DREAM WAS FULL
FILLED BUT THAT DREAM ENDED
TRAGICALLY TWO YEARS AGO
WHEN HE DIED UNDER
MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES
THAT ARE PART OF A SILL
STILL UNSOLVED
INVESTIGATION.
>> THEY WANT TO COVER UP
THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HIS
DEATH.
>> CAPTAIN DIGMAN, WHO WAS
STATIONED IN PUERTO RICO,
HAD BEEN ON A BRIEF VISIT
HOME TO TEMECULA TEMECULA,
CALIFORNIA.
ON JANUARY 22, HE WAS TO
HAVE RETURNED TO PREEK, BUT
HE NEVER MADE IT.
JEMMA RIDDLE CALLED DIGMAN
THAT AFTERNOON TO OFFER HIM
A RIDE TO THE AIRPORT.
SHE SAID HE SOUND FINE.
JEERX HE SAID THAT HE DID
NOT NEED A RIDE TO THE
AIRPORT ■ANDS THAT HIS ROOM
MATE WOULD GIVE HIM A RIDE.
I SAID THAT WAS OK.
I SAID GOOD-BYE TO HIM.
>> AN HOUR LATER, CAPTAIN
DIGMAN WAS DEAD.
HE WAS 3O.
>> THE RESULTS OF OUR
INVESTIGATION WAS THAT MR.
DIGMAN'S DEATH WAS
SELF-INFLICTED OR A
SUICIDE.
>> HE'D BEEN SHOT TO DEATH
IN THE BEDROOM OF THE HOUSE
HE SHARED WITH ANOTHER
MARINE, MAJOR DOUGLAS WOOD.
IT WAS WOOD AND A NEIGHBOR
WHO DISCOVERED THE BODY
LYING ON THE BED WITH A
SINGLE SHOT TO THE HEAD.
THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY
CORONER'S INVESTIGATION AT
THE SCENE AND LATER AFTER
AN AUTOPSY RULED THE
CAPTAIN'S DEATH WAS
SUICIDE.
THE SHERIFF'S FIELD REPORT
INDICATES THAT THE
CAPTAIN'S ROOMMATE TOLD HIM
THAT JEFF DIGMAN WAS VERY
DEPRESSED AN WAS A HEAVY
DRIRNG.
NEIGHBORS ALSO SAID THEY
WERE NOT SHOCKED TO HEAR IT
WAS SUICIDE.
>> I HAD AIDE HEARD THAT
HE'D BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT
FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
>> RIDICULOUS.
>> WHY?
>> WHY?
BECAUSE MY SON WOULDN'T DO
THAT.
>> SUICIDE, HOWEVER, IS
SOMETHING THE CAPTAIN'S
PARENTS HAVE REFUSED TO
ACCEPT.
SO MUCH SO, THEY BEGAN
THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION, AN
INVESTIGATION THAT LEAD
THEM TO A VERY DIFFERENT
AND STARTLING CONCLUSION.
***.
>> HE WAS BEATEN, HE WAS
ROBBED, AND HE WAS SHOT,
AND HE WAS PUT ON A BED.
THEN HIS BODY AND OTHER
THINGS WERE MOVED AROUND IN
THE ROOM TO MAKE IT LOOK
LIKE SUICIDE.
>> TED GUNDERSON IS THE
FORMER F.B.I. SPECIAL AGENT
IN CHARGE OF THE LOS
ANGELES OFFICE.
NOW RETIRED, HE WAS HIRED
BY THEMANS.
>> I STRONGLY SUSPECT THAT
THERE'S A COVERUP HERE.
NOT ONLY BY THE MARINES, OR
THE NAVY, I SHOULD SAY, BUT
ALSO BY THE CORONER'S
OFFICE.
>> DO YOU HAVE SUSPICIONS
AS TO WHO KILLED HIM?
>> YES.
>> WOULD YOU CARE TO SAY
WHO YOU THINK DID IT SNIERX
WELL, WE HAVE A SHORT LIST.
IT IS MORE THAN ONE PERSON.
THERE WERE AT LEAST TWO
PEOPLE BESIDE OUR SON IN
THE ROOM AT THE TIME HE
DIED.
>> ENLISTED PERSONNEL?
>> MAYBE ONE.
AND ONE OFFICER.
>> AKWAIN TANLSS?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
HE KNEW THEM.
>> WITH BEGUN DER SON'S
HELP, THEMANS CREATED A
MOCK-UP OF THE ROOM INSIDE
THEIR HOME.
THEY CLAIM BECAUSE OF THE
POSITION OF THE BODY AND
THE ANGLE OF THE BULLET
WHICH WAS DIRECTED TOWARD
THE CEILING, A SUICIDE WAS
PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE.
FURTHERMORE, CAPTAIN DIGMAN
WAS SHOT IN THE RIGHT SIDE
OF HIS HEAD WITH A .44
CALIBER PISTOL.
HE IS LEFT-HAND.
>> THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN
LINE HIS HEAD UP WITH THE
PATH OF THE BULLET IS FOR
HIM TO GO OVER THIS WAY AND
LEAN OVER LIKE THIS TO GET
IT LINED UP.
IF YOU DO THIS, THE INSTANT
THAT HE'S SHOT, HE
COLLAPSED ONTO THE FLOOR.
YET, HE WASN'T FOUND ON THE
FLOOR.
HE WAS BACK OVER HERE.
>> AND THE BULL LOT WAS
NEVER FOUND.
BUT WHO WOULD WANT TO KILL
JEFF DIGMAN?
THE PARENTS CLAIM THEIR SON
WAS A NARCOTICS OFFICER AND
HAD UNCOVERED ILLEGAL DRUG
USE AND OTHER WRONGDOING AT
THE TRAINING FACILITY IN
SAN DIEGO.
>> HE HAD WRITTEN REPORTS,
HE HAD PRESENTED EVIDENCE
TO THE BOARD.
AND IT HAD BEEN OVERRULED
AND NEGLECTED AND HE WAS
TOLD TO SHUT UP ABOUT IT.
HE KEPT COPIES OF THOSE
REPORTS.
HE PUT THEM IN HIS SAFE IN
THE HOME.
HE ROTE THAT DATA IN A
LITTLE GREEN BOOK.
>> THE SAFE IS MISSING AND
THE GREEN NOTEBOOK WHEN
RETURNED BY THE NAVY HAD
SEVERAL OF ITS PAGES CUT
OUT.
BASED ON THESE AND OTHER
FINDINGS, THEMANS FILED A
COMPLAINT WITH THE
MILITARY.
THAT PROMPTED AN INTERNAL
INVESTIGATION AND A SECOND
AUTOPSY ONE YEAR LATER.
IN AN EFRLTS TO GET TO THE
TRUTH ABOUT THEIR SON'S
DEATH, DONNA AND BILL
DIGMAN HAVE DONE TO GREAT
LENGTH AND EXPENSE,
INCLUDING THE HIRING OF
RENOUNED FORENSIC
PATHOLOGIST CYRIL WECHT,
WHO WITNESSED THE SECOND
AUTOPSY.
THE SECOND AUTOPSY AGAIN
CONCLUDED SUICIDE BUT IT
ALSO REVEALED THREE OTHER
INJURIES BESIDES THE
GUNSHOT.
TWO OF THE THREE BRUISES
WERE NOT REPORTED
PREVIOUSLY BY THE RIVERSIDE
COUNTY CORN NER.
>> THE FACT THAT ALL THREE
WERE PRESENT -- THEIR
PRESENCE DOES RAISE
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NATURE
IN WHICH THEY WERE
INFLICTED.
>> FOR ITS PART, THE NAVY
HAD SAID NOTHING ABOUT THE
RESULTS OF ITS
INVESTIGATION.
NOT TO THEMANS, NOR TO
"INSIDE EDITION," DESPITE
SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO GET
ANSWERS.
IN THE MONTHS JUST BEFORE
HIS DEATH, CAPTAIN DIGMAN
COMMUTED BETWEEN THE NAVAL
BASE HERE AT ROOSEVELT
ROADS IN PUERTO RICO AND
ANOTHER NAVY INSTALLATION
ON A NEARBY ISLAND CALLED
VIEGAS.
IT WAS THAT TIME HE MET
LUCY GARCIA.
SHE, LIKE HIS PARENTS, DOES
NOT BELIEVE HIS DEATH WAS A
SUICIDE.
>> DID YOU SEE ANYTHING IN
HIS BEHAVIOR THAT WOULD
GIVE YOU THE SLIGHTEST
INDICATION THAT SUICIDE WAS
EVEN A POSSIBILITY FOR HIM?
>> NO.
>> NEVER?
>> NEVER.
>> YOU SURE?
>> I'M VERY SURE.
I WOULDN'T HAVE LET HIM GO
TO CALIFORNIA IF I KNEW
THAT.
I WOULD HAVE TOLD SOMEONE
ABOUT IT.
>> AND NOW "INSIDE EDITION"
HAS UNCOVERED FURTHER
EVIDENCE RAISING DOUBTS
ABOUT THE SUICIDE.
THE MANNER OF DEATH CANNOT
BE DETERMINED.
THAT'S THE FINDINGS JUST
DAYS AGO OF THE OFFICE OF
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
IT'S IN DIRECT
CONTRADICTION TO THE
PREVIOUS FINDINGS OF
RIVERSIDE COUNTY.
BUT THE SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT CANNOT RE-OPEN
THE CASE WITHOUT THE
CORONER'S PERMISSION.
>> THE SHOULD THE CORONER'S
OFFICE REQUEST ASSISTANCE
IN ANY PART OF THE
INVESTIGATION, WE WOULD AE
BE MORE THAN HAPPEN HAPPY
TO RE-OPEN THE CASE.
>> THE RIVERSIDE CORONER'S
OFFICE REFUSED OUR
REQUESTS.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT
HAPPENED SAID AN ASSISTANCE
TO THE CORONER HERE.
OUR CASE IS CLOSED.
THEMANS SAY THEY HAVE NO
CHOICE BUT TO CONTINUE TO
PRESS THE CASE THROUGH
LEGAL CHANNELS.
ONLY NOW, MORE THAN TWO
YEARS AFTER THE FACT,
THEY'VE GOT A RULING THAT
GIVES MORE TEETH TO THEIR
ARGUMENT THAT JEFF DIGMAN
MAY NOT HAVE KILLED
HIMSELF.
>> WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO FIND
OUT AS A RESULT OF ALL OF
YOUR EFFORTS IN THIS
INVESTIGATION?
>> WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT
WHO THOSE TWO■PEOPLE WERE
IN THAT ROOM THAT SHOT OUR
SON.
>> AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO
KNOW WHY.
WHY DID HE HAVE TO DIE SO
YOUNG?
>> WELL, THE DIGMAN FAMILY
HAS SPENT MORE THAN $75,000
FRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT
REALLY HAPPENED AND ■
FROM AGE 10,
JEFFREY DIGMAN WANTED TO BE A MARINE.
HE SIGNED UP IN COLLEGE
AND WAS ACCEPTED INTO OFFICERS' CANDIDATE SCHOOL.
JEFFREY WAS VERY EVEN-TEMPERED.
HE SPOKE VERY SOFTLY,
VERY QUIETLY.
HE WAS A VERY CLEAN TYPE OF INDIVIDUAL,
EVERYTHING HAD TO BE JUST PERFECT.
HE WAS JUST A VERY, ORGANIZED INDIVIDUAL
WHO KNEW WHAT HE WANTED
AND DIRECTED ALL OF HIS EFFORTS
AND ATTENTION IN ACHIEVING THAT.
BECAUSE HE WAS AN ATHLETIC KID,
HE THOUGHT BEING A MARINE WAS VERY MACHO.
I THINK THAT'S WHY HE CHOSE THE MARINES.
HE THOUGHT HE COULD DO IT, AND HE COULD.
AT T
JEFFREY DIGMAN WAS PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN
AND STATIONED IN HIS HOMETOWN OF SAN DIEGO.
IN LATE JUNE OF 1988,
HE AND ANOTHER OFFICER POOLED THEIR MONEY
AND BOUGHT A HOUSE TOGETHER.
JUST FOUR MONTHS LATER, ON NOVEMBER 1, 1988,
DIGMAN WAS TRANSFERRED TO PUERTO RICO.
S,
DIGMAN WAS UNHAPPY ABOUT THE TRANSFER,
BUT BY CHRISTMAS HE'D BEGUN TO SETTLE IN.
HE WAS DATING LUCY GARCIA,
AN ACCOUNTANT AT THE BASE.
JEFFREY WAS A VERY QUIET PERSON.
HE WAS SO SERIOUS,
AND I LIKED THAT IN HIM.
HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO TAKE TWO WEEKS OFF
TO GO BACK HOME AND FIX SOME THINGS,
WORK ON HIS INCOME TAX PAPERS,
AND DO SOME OTHER THINGS OVER THERE.
JUST AFTER THE HOLIDAYS,
DIGMAN SPENT TWO WEEKS AT HIS HOME IN SAN DIEGO.
HE WAS SCHEDULED TO FLY TO PUERTO RICO
ON JANUARY 22, 1989, SUPER BOWL SUNDAY.
AT HALF TIME, NEIGHBORS SAW DIGMAN RETURN HOME.
DIGMAN'S ROOMMATE, A MAJOR IN THE MARINE CORPS,
HAD GONE TO LAS VEGAS FOR THE WEEKEND
WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND.
[GUNSHOT]
AT 6 P.M.,
NEIGHBORS THOUGHT THEY HEARD A CAR BACKFIRE.
AT 10 P.M., THE MAJOR RETURNED.
HE WAS SURPRISED TO SEE
JEFFREY DIGMAN'S CAR STILL THERE.
DIGMAN'S FLIGHT TO PUERTO RICO
HAD BEEN SCHEDULED TO DEPART 15 MINUTES EARLIER.
WHEN THE ROOMMATE RETURNED HOME,
-
NTLY.
THIS CAUSED SOME CONCERN, SOME SUSPICION,
AS MR. DIGMAN WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.
THE ROOMMATE AND THE GIRLFRIEND,
AGAIN THINKING THAT SOMETHING WAS OUT OF THE ORDINARY,
TREET HBORS.
OTHER YOU.
COULD YOU COME OVER AND HELP ME AT THE HOUSE?
WHAT'S WRONG?
WELL, I'M NOT SURE.
THE MAJOR PERSUADED HIS NEIGHBOR
TO GO INTO THE HOUSE WITH HIM.
WAS ANYTHING STRANGE HERE?
IT LOOKS NORMAL, NATURAL.
JEFF'S CAR WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE HERE.
THAT'S O.K.
I'LL CHECK IN HERE.
JEFFREY DIGMAN WAS DEAD
WITH A SINGLE BULLET WOUND TO HIS RIGHT TEMPLE.
DIGMAN'S BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL
MEASURED AN INCREDIBLE .24,
EXACTLY THREE TIMES
THE LEGAL LIMIT FOR INTOXICATION.
THE DEATH WAS RULED A SUICIDE.
AMONG THE ITEMS THAT LEAD US TO CONCLUDE
THAT IT IS A SUICIDE
WERE TALKING TO HIS ACQUAINTANCES
AS GOING TO, POSSIBLY, HIS STATE OF MIND BEFORE THIS OCCUED,
AS WELL AS FORENSIC EVIDENCE DISCOVERED AT THE SCENE.
ONE OF THE PIECES OF EVIDENCE
WAS WHAT WE CALL THE GUNSHOT RESIDUE TEST,
AND THAT DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS GUNPOWDER
OR AN INDICATION THAT MR. DIGMAN HAD FIRED A GUN
ON THE RIGHT HAND.
I AT NO TIME EVER BELIEVED THAT HE COMMITTED SUICIDE.
I NEVER BELIEVED THAT FROM WHEN I FIRST GOT THE PHONE CALL
TO WHEN I WENT DOWN THAT NIGHT, OR THE PAST TWO YEARS
HAVE I EVER BELIEVED THAT HE COMMITTED SUICIDE.
I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT HE WAS MURDERED,
AND THAT'S WHAT THE EVIDENCE SHOWS,
THAT HE WAS MURDERED.
THE NAVAL INVESTIGATIVE SERVICE BACKED UP
THE CORONER'S RULING OF SUICIDE.
UNCONVINCED, BILL AND DONNA DIGMAN
HIRED SEVERAL EXPERTS AND BEGAN THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION,
WHICH NOT ONLY TOOK ON A LIFE OF ITS OWN,
BUT TOOK OVER THEIR LIVES, TOO.
FOR OVER A YEAR,
THE DIGMANS, WORKING FROM THEIR HOME,
COLLECTED INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR SON'S CASE.
UPSTAIRS IN HIS CHILDHOOD BEDROOM,
THEY PAINSTAKINGLY DUPLICATED
THE SCENE OF JEFFREY'S DEATH
USING THE ACTUAL FURNITURE FROM HIS HOUSE.
WITH THE HELP OF A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR,
BILL DIGMAN DEMONSTRATED FOR US
WHY HE BELIEVES HIS SON
COULD NOT POSSIBLY HAVE KILLED HIMSELF.
IN THIS ROO WE RECREATED
A MOCK-UP OF THE CRIME SCENE.
EVERYTHING'S LOCATED IN THE SAME POSITION
IT WAS THAT NIGHT,
DETERMINED BY OUR INVESTIGATOR.
THE FIRST THING I HAD TO DO
WAS DETERMINE THE TRAJECTORY OF THE BULLET,
WHICH I DID.
AND THIS IS THE PROJECTORY OF THE BULLET
ON THAT OCCASION.
ALSO, IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE RECREATE THE BEDROOM
AS NEARLY AS POSSIBLE.
WE DID THAT BY MEASURING THE FURNITURE
AND USING THE EXACT FURNITURE FROM THE ROOM.
THIS WAS THE POSITION THAT MY SON WAS FOUND IN.
I AM THE SAME HEIGHT AS MY SON.
HE WAS SHOT THROUGH THE HEAD.
FOR HIM TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE SHOT THROUGH THE HEAD,
HE HAD TO BE SHOT
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE BULLET PATH,
WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE TO GET LINED UP WITH IT,
AND TO DO THAT I HAVE TO GET
IN THIS CONTORTED POSITION.
THE OTHER THING WAS THAT HE WAS LEFT-HANDED.
IF HE'D HELD A GUN IN HIS HAND
IN THIS CONTORTED POSITION
OR ON THE SIDE OF THE BED,
HE WOULD HAVE FALLEN TO THE FLOOR.
EVEN THOUGH JEFFREY DIGMAN WAS LEFT-HANDED,
INVESTIGATORS FOUND POWDER BURNS
ON HIS RIGHT HAND AS WELL.
BILL AND DONNA DIGMAN
BELIEVE THERE WAS OTHER EVIDENCE
INCONSISTENT WITH SUICIDE.
A TRAIL OF BLOOD
RAN FROM JEFFREY DIGMAN'S LEFT EAR DOWN HIS CHEEK.
THIS RAISED THE POSSIBILITY
THAT DIGMAN WAS UPRIGHT
FOR AT LEAST SEVEN SECONDS
AFTER THE WOUND WAS INFLICTED.
POLICE PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN AT THE SCENE
BRASION EEK
EET,
WAS AN UNEXPLAINED SMEAR OF BLOOD.
HIS PARENT'S HIRED STEVE SCHLIEBE,
AN INDEPENDENT FORENSIC EXPERT,
TO REVIEW THE CASE.
I DON'T FEEL THAT JEFFREY KILLED HIMSELF.
I THINK THERE WAS SOME KIND OF STRUGGLE THAT TOOK PLACE
AND HE WAS SHOT--
BASED UPON EVALUATING THE SCENE EVIDENCE.
10 MONTHS AFTER JEFFREY DIGMAN'S DEATH,
HIS PARENTS REQUESTED THAT HIS BODY BE EXHUMED
AND A SECOND AUTOPSY PERFORMED
WITH THEIR OBSERVERS PRESENT.
THE NAVAL HOSPITAL IN SAN DIEGO
PERFORMED A SECOND AUTOPSY.
THEY FOUND TWO INJURIES
NOT MENTIONED IN THE FIRST AUTOPSY--
CONTUSIONS ON JEFFREY'S RIGHT ELBOW
AND ON THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND.
THE SECOND AUTOPSY REPORT STATED
THAT THESE INJURIES WERE INSIGNIFICANT.
THERE WAS NO MEDICAL EVIDENCE
TO SUPPORT A CONCLUSION OF HOMICIDE.
THE DIGMANS CONTINUED TO BELIEVE
THAT THEIR SON HAD BEEN MURDERED.
THEY FELT JEFFREY'S DEATH WAS RELATED TO HIS TENURE
WITH THE SAN DIEGO MARINE DRUG TESTING UNIT.
FOR SEVEN MONTHS IN 1988
BEFORE HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO PUERTO RICO,
JEFFREY DIGMAN HAD SERVED AS CHIEF OF THE UNIT.
PEOPLE WERE DEALING DRUGS.
PEOPLE WERE TESTING POSITIVE.
HE WOULD WRITE HIS REPORTS
DOCUMENTING THE RESULTS OF HIS INVESTIGATIONS,
AND THOSE PEOPLE WEREN'T BEING DISCIPLINED.
THEY WERE NOT BEING DISCHARGED.
HE WAS VERY UPSET OVER THAT.
JEFFREY'S MOTHER RECALLS
THAT WHILE HE WAS WITH THE DRUG UNIT,
SHE VISITED HIM IN THE VERY ROOM
WHERE HE LATER DIED.
I FOUND SOME MILITARY DOCUMENTS IN HIS SAFE,
AND I ASKED HIM WHAT WERE THOSE DOCUMENTS.
THAT HE WAS SAVING THOSE TESTS FROM DRUG ABUSE,
IN CASE ANYONE SAID HE WASN'T DOING HIS JOB.
WHEN WE CAME BACK TO MOVE JEFFREY'S THINGS,
WE WANTED TO EMPTY THE DESK TO MAKE IT LIGHTER.
AND WE OPENED THE HINGED DOOR
THAT THE SAFE WAS USUALLY BEHIND.
THE HINGED DOOR CAME OFF IN OUR HANDS.
THE HINGES WERE NOT CONNECTED,
AND THE SAFE WAS NOT THERE.
THEY WERE AFTER THOSE PAPERS.
WE DIDN'T GET THE SAFE BACK
BECAUSE, I BELIEVE, THEY PRIED IT OPEN, BROKE IT,
COULDN'T GIVE IT BACK TO US,
OR POSSIBLY IT HAD BLOOD ON IT.
HERE.
THERE IS A FINAL PUZZLING POSTSCRIPT
TO THIS CASE.
WHEN LUCY GARCIA HELPED THE MARINES
PACK JEFFREY'S BELONGINGS IN PUERTO RICO,
ONE OF THE ITEMS WAS A SMALL GREEN-BACKED DIARY.
THEY OPENED THE BOOK,
AND THEY STARTED READING.
THEY CLOSED THE BOOK AGAIN,
AND THEY GAVE IT TO THE PERSON WHO WAS PACKING.
WHEN I GAVE THE GREEN BOOK TO ONE OF THE ENLISTED,
I NOTED THAT ALL THE PAGES WERE IN THE BOOK,
EVERYTHING WAS FINE.
EVENTUALLY WE UNPACKED THINGS
AND LOOKED FOR THE LITTLE GREEN BOOK
THAT LUCY WAS TELLING US ABOUT.
AND WHEN WE FOUND IT,
WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT THE PAGES WERE CUT OUT OF IT.
IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT THINKING ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME...
WITH THE MOCK-UP THERE,
SO CLOSE, A CONSTANT REMINDER THAT HE'S DEAD.
BUT I HAVE A JOB TO DO.
SOME PEOPLE MAY SAY THAT WE'RE ENTHUSIASTIC
OR OBSESSED WITH THIS.
YEAH, WE'RE OBSESSED WITH THE FACTS.
WE WANT TO KNOW WHY OUR SON IS DEAD.
WE WANT TO KNOW WHY.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP UNTIL WE FIND OUT WHY.
TWO MONTHS AGO,
THE ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY
REVIEWED BOTH AUTOPSY REPORTS.
THEY CHANGED THE CAUSE OF DEATH
TO UNDETERMINED.
ALTHOUGH THE NAVAL INVESTIGATIVE SERVICE
AND THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
STAND BY THEIR ORIGINAL SUICIDE RULING,
THEY WOULD WELCOME NEW EVIDENCE
PERTINENT TO THE CASE.
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