CNN CNN Newsroom March 17, 2012
this morning, the soldier accused of killing 16 afghan civilians in a house to house rampage is back in the u.s. the suspect is identified as 38-year-old army staff sergeant robert bales. he's now in custody at ft. leavenworth by himself. this was his first tour of duty in afghanistan, but he had done three tours of iraq. neighbors say they only knew bales as a family man who was the life of a party. >> i was blown away. i was devastated, heart broken, completely shocked. i would describe him -- he was super fun to hang around with, kind of the life of the party kind of guy. super lo...