{"id":101137,"date":"2020-06-18T10:00:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T14:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=101137"},"modified":"2020-06-17T08:06:09","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T12:06:09","slug":"missing-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=101137","title":{"rendered":"Missing Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/resizer\/3y_S2Oy8N-MxFeszlcICq0rTzr4=\/1200x0\/filters:quality(100)\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/mco\/EWWXL7LQMRE5PJMYPA7PXG6J4Q.png\" width=\"455\" height=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Skippy sends us this article about a reward offered for information on the whereabouts of this troop.\u00a0 I&#8217;m guessing that something has happened to him, rather his going AWOL.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/06\/16\/army-offers-25k-for-info-leading-to-soldier-who-vanished-days-before-discharge\/\">https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/06\/16\/army-offers-25k-for-info-leading-to-soldier-who-vanished-days-before-discharge\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the article:\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/06\/11\/two-star-on-joint-staff-was-quietly-removed-in-january-amid-army-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Army CID<\/a>\u00a0is now offering a reward of up to $25,000 for credible information leading to the whereabouts of Pvt. Gregory Morales, who went missing last summer outside\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/05\/21\/fort-hood-soldier-found-shot-dead-near-burning-jeep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fort Hood<\/a>, in Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"o-articleBody__text a-body1 element element-paragraph\">The soldier was set to be discharged within a couple of days when he disappeared, according to the Army. Despite the reward for the missing soldier, Morales still appears to be listed as a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/fugitives.army.mil\/deserters.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">deserter by the Army<\/a>, with the date of desertion one month after he was last seen.<\/p>\n<p>Morales was last seen driving his personal vehicle off-post in the town of Killeen on the night of Aug. 19, 2019. He was driving a 2018 Black KIA Rio with temporary Texas license tags \u2013 46190B3, according to the Army. The vehicle has since been recovered by authorities.<\/p>\n<div id=\"f0lwcd2GmrSGVr\" class=\"wrapper clearfix col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-article-mco-body\">\n<article id=\"article-content\" class=\"o-articleBody body article-body-elements container-fluid gutters \">\n<div class=\"o-articleBody__storyTease a-inset --size-m a-greyBox\">\n<article class=\"o-storyTease --card --no-kicker --no-date --full-bleed --landscape\">\n<div class=\"o-storyTease__tease m-headlineTease\">\n<figure class=\"o-storyTease__featuredImage m-headlineTease__image m-lazyWrapper --rendered lazy-wrapper promo-img-container --loaded\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"m-headlineTease__info\">\n<div class=\"m-headlineTease__meta a-subtitle2\">\n<div class=\"m-headlineTease__author byline \">\u201cThe last known verbal contact with Morales was Aug. 20, 2019, and he has not been seen or heard from since that date,\u201d an Army CID statement reads. \u201cMorales was out processing from the Army and was scheduled to be discharged within a couple of days when he disappeared.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"300x250-1-in-story\" class=\"o-articleBody__ad --ad-300X250 pb-ad-container 300x250-1-in-story pb-ad pb-ad-prod ad-300X250\" data-slot-name=\"300x250-1-in-story\" data-mobile-display=\"true\" data-desktop-display=\"true\" data-google-query-id=\"CIi0rYLliOoCFdIETwodVNcMNg\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_114235265\/ArmyTimes\/your-army\/rectangle_1__container__\">Kim Wedel, Morales\u2019 mother, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcentv.com\/article\/news\/local\/reward-increased-up-to-25000-to-locate-missing-fort-hood-soldier-gregory-morales\/500-13994862-6d85-4b94-892b-269f7d2eb1df\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">local Texas media<\/a>\u00a0that her daughter-in-law tracked down Morales\u2019 vehicle on Carfax. It was in Dallas this December and is now held by Army CID. She also said she does not believe her son would have intentionally vanished given that he was set to be discharged.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-articleBody__signupForm a-fullBleed--at-small a-fullBleed--at-xs a-fullBleed--at-medium a-inset --size-s a-greyBox --grey-50 container signup newsletter\">\n<div class=\"o-newsletterSignUp newsletter-subscribe\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-newsletterSignUp__cta newsletter-subscribe-signup\"><span>\u201cWhat it would tell me is that they also suspect something has happened at this point, beyond him just going AWOL,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcentv.com\/article\/news\/local\/reward-increased-up-to-25000-to-locate-missing-fort-hood-soldier-gregory-morales\/500-13994862-6d85-4b94-892b-269f7d2eb1df\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kim Wedel said<\/a><span>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"o-articleBody__text a-body1 element element-paragraph\">Morales could also be using the last name Wedel, which was the name he was using prior to his marriage, the Army stated. Morales was born and raised in Oklahoma but he was known to associate with numerous civilians in and around Central Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"o-articleBody__text a-body1 element element-paragraph\">Army CID officials \u201care convinced someone knows the whereabouts of Morales and are encouraging people to come forward for the sake of Morales\u2019 wife, step children, mother and fellow soldiers,&#8221; the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"o-articleBody__text a-body1 element element-paragraph\">Persons with information can contact Army CID Special Agents at 254-287-2722 or the Military Police Desk at 254-288-1170.<\/p>\n<p class=\"o-articleBody__text a-body1 element element-paragraph\">Officials are still encouraging those with credible information to contact Army CID<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cid.army.mil\/report-a-crime.html\">\u00a0<\/a>through their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cid.army.mil\/report-a-crime.html\">web-based crime tip submission site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"o-articleBody__text a-body1 element element-paragraph\">Those who wish to remain anonymous \u201cwill be honored to the degree allowable under the law and the information will be held in the strictest confidence allowable,\u201d Army CID stated. &#8211; 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