Fort Drum officials: Missing soldier found dead Corporal Hayden Harris (Source: Fort Drum) By 7 News Staff | December 20, 2020 at 10:19 AM CST - Updated December 20 at 5:37 PM
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - Fort Drum officials say Corporal Hayden Harris, a 20-year-old soldier who went missing between Thursday and Friday, has been found dead.
U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command says foul play is suspected.
In a release, post officials did not say where Harris’ body was discovered, but indicated that an investigation is ongoing. That investigation includes the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, the Sussex County, NJ Prosecutor’s Office, and the Byram Township, NJ Police Department, along with federal investigators.
Missing Fort Drum soldier found deceased Spc. Hayden Allen Harris (Army) A Fort Drum soldier who recently went missing was found deceased, according to a news release from the Army Criminal Investigation Command on Sunday. Spc. Hayden Allen Harris, 20, was reportedly last heard from between 8 p.m. on Dec. 17 and 6:30 a.m. on Dec. 18. According to the news release, Harris was meeting someone in Watertown, New York, for some type of vehicle transaction. The 2016 Ford Mustang Coupe he was reportedly driving has been accounted for. According to law enforcement officials, foul play is suspected. Harris was assigned to C Troop, 1-89 Calvary, Fort Drum, New York.
FORT DRUM â An argument between two Fort Drum soldiers swapping their vehicles with each other apparently led to one of them being shot to death in a wooded area in northern New Jersey.
First Assistant Prosecutor Gregory Mueller told the New Jersey Herald that the body of Cpl. Hayden A. Harris, 20, was found on Saturday in a wooded area in Byram Township, Sussex County, N.J., and a fellow soldier was taken into custody in connection with his death.Â
Pvt. Jamaal Mellish, 23, remains in the custody of Fort Drum Military Police.
Cpl. Harris was meeting with Mellish âfor some type of vehicle exchangeâ in Watertown when the meeting escalated, according to the New Jersey newspaper.
FORT DRUM â An argument between two Fort Drum soldiers swapping their vehicles with each other apparently led to one of them being shot to death in a wooded area in northern New Jersey.
First Assistant Prosecutor Gregory Mueller told the New Jersey Herald that the body of Cpl. Hayden A. Harris, 20, was found on Saturday in a wooded area in Byram Township, Sussex County, N.J., and a fellow soldier was taken into custody in connection with his death.Â
Pvt. Jamaal Mellish, 23, remains in the custody of Fort Drum Military Police.
Cpl. Harris was meeting with Mellish âfor some type of vehicle exchangeâ in Watertown when the meeting escalated, according to the New Jersey newspaper.
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