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Pregnant Soldier's Death Homicide: Cops

'Zodiac'-style letter claims responsibility for Touma's murder

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 30, 2008 4:20 PM CDT

(Newser) – Police say the pregnant soldier whose body was found in a North Carolina motel last week was murdered, the Fayetteville Observer reports. The Observer, meanwhile, received a letter from someone claiming to be the killer, which contains a symbol sources say was also drawn in lipstick in the room where Megan Touma, 23, was found.

The letter taunts that the author has killed "many times" and will again. Police announced today they had joined forces with the Army Criminal Investigations Division to investigate the death of Touma, and had identified a Fort Bragg soldier as a “person of interest” in the homicide, although it is unclear whether said person is also the author of the letter.

President Bush speaks about Iraq and Afghanistan during an address at the Army's 82nd Airborne Division review ceremony, Thursday, May 22, 2008, at Fort Bragg, N.C.
President Bush speaks about Iraq and Afghanistan during an address at the Army's 82nd Airborne Division review ceremony, Thursday, May 22, 2008, at Fort Bragg, N.C.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
This undated photo, supplied by the US Army, shows Spc. Megan Lynn Touma, 23, whose body was found June 21, 2008, in a Fayetteville, NC, motel room.
This undated photo, supplied by the US Army, shows Spc. Megan Lynn Touma, 23, whose body was found June 21, 2008, in a Fayetteville, NC, motel room.   (AP Photo)
The Army's 82nd Airborne Division marches during a division review, Thursday, May 22, 2008, at Fort Bragg, N.C.
The Army's 82nd Airborne Division marches during a division review, Thursday, May 22, 2008, at Fort Bragg, N.C.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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