Family of slain veteran says he was 'brutally murdered,' disputes off-duty officer's version of events
LOWELL â The family of a 42-year-old military veteran shot to death by a guest in his home Jan. 3 described him Wednesday as an "amazing father" and devoted husband, son, brother and friend. Nicholas Lile, a Merrillville native, was a 22-year veteran, a U.S. Navy corpsman attached to a U.S. Marines battalion who served "with pride and distinction" on seven combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, his family said.* Lile was in his basement with his wife, her friend and the friend's recent boyfriend, off-duty U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs officer Timothy R. Thomas, when Thomas...
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