{"id":86126,"date":"2019-04-09T11:54:43","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T15:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=86126"},"modified":"2019-04-09T12:18:27","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T16:18:27","slug":"former-us-marine-strangles-a-man-to-fake-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=86126","title":{"rendered":"Former US “Marine” Strangles a Man to Fake His Own Death"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The TimesLive in South Africa<\/a> (SA) published a story today about Karl Kamal Rashid, who is reported to have served time in the US Marine Corps.\u00a0 Rashid has admitted to strangling a man to death, putting him in a car and burning the vehicle to fake Rashid’s death.<\/p>\n

“In all the 23 years I have been a soldier, I never killed anyone. But it is now – here, away from my country – that I made a stupid mistake,” a retired American military man said on Tuesday as he prepared to be sentenced for faking his death in an insurance fraud.<\/p>\n

Karl Kamal Rashid was believed to have died when his burnt-out Volvo containing the charred remains of a body was discovered in 2011 in Sterkspruit, a small town in the Eastern Cape.\u00a0Rashid\u2019s\u00a0watch was strapped to the corpse’s wrist.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If quoted correctly, it is odd that he refers to himself as a “soldier” vs. a Marine, so we poked around a bit.<\/p>\n

Although a slight difference of spelling with the middle name – i.e. ‘Kamel’ vs. ‘Kamal’ – we believe this is the guy based on 23 years of service and one of the only people with a prior US address with that name.<\/p>\n

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I guess if you are a journalist in South Africa you must figure – Ah, Marine, soldier… what’s the difference?<\/p>\n

Rashid refers to himself as a “soldier” so we don’t think it is a case of Stolen Valor — claiming to be a Marine instead of a soldier.<\/p>\n

Here’s the burning question I have:\u00a0 If you are a retired soldier after 23 years and successfully fake your own death, wouldn’t those US Government retirement checks come to a screeching halt?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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