Houston Sailor Found Dead At Base
Murder Investigation Under Way
POSTED: Thursday, July 2, 2009
UPDATED: 6:00 pm CDT July 2,2009
HOUSTON -- A sailor from Houston has been found dead at California's Camp Pendleton, KPRC Local 2 reported Thursday. Investigators said the death of Navy Seaman August Provost, 29, is possibly a homicide, but how he died is causing controversy.Provost's body was found Tuesday at about 3 a.m. in a guard shack on the base.A Navy spokesman confirmed that there was evidence of foul play and that the case is a murder investigation.Two gay rights activists said Provost's death could be a hate crime. They said they believe he was killed because he was gay or perceived to be gay.A Naval Criminal Investigative Service spokesman said that a person of interest is in custody at the base, but has not been charged with a crime.The NCIS would not comment on a possible hate-crime motive for this killing.
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