{"id":38740,"date":"2013-12-06T07:31:16","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T12:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=38740"},"modified":"2013-12-06T07:31:16","modified_gmt":"2013-12-06T12:31:16","slug":"iraq-vet-murdered-in-indiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=38740","title":{"rendered":"Iraq vet murdered in Indiana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Someone sent us an article about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wishtv.com\/news\/local\/police-name-victim-of-west-side-murder\">Sergeant First Class James Vester<\/a>, a diesel mechanic in the Indiana National Guard and who had a tour of Iraq. Apparently, SFC Vester was murdered when he went to buy an iPad from an ad he saw on <a href=\"http:\/\/indianapolis.craigslist.org\/wan\/4229758313.html\">Craigslist<\/a>;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> In addition to those duties he served on the ceremonial team honoring those who died in service.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some people wanted to do it for the accolades, but Jim wanted to pay respect,&#8221; said Sgt. Major Tony Williams with the Indiana National Guard.<\/p>\n<p>Friends of the family, started a fundraising campaign for Vester&#8217;s wife and son. You can help the family by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youcaring.com\/other\/love-and-support-for-jamie-and-gavin\/113760\">logging on here<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/v9.anv.bz\/scripts\/anv_mcp_9.js'><\/script><script type='text\/javascript'>var p = new anv_pl_def(); p.config = {}; p.config.width = 500; p.config.height = 300; p.loadVideoExpressV3('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|STAGEV3|SPSQA');<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The person who sent us the article says that SFC Vester left behind a son and a young wife. I&#8217;ve never used Craigslist and these articles make me want to avoid it like the plague.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone sent us an article about Sergeant First Class James Vester, a diesel mechanic in the &hellip; <a title=\"Iraq vet murdered in Indiana\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=38740\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Iraq vet murdered in Indiana<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[130],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-real-soldiers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38740\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}