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Witness: Navy SEAL Said He 'Choked' Green Beret Who Died
NOV 13 2017, 6:59 PM ET
BY HANS NICHOLS AND MOSHEH GAINS
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/africa/amp/witness-navy-seal-said-he-choked-out-green-beret-who-n820506
WASHINGTON — One of the Navy SEALs being investigated in the death of a Green Beret in Africa told a witness that he "choked [him] out" in the pre-dawn hours of June 4 and that he and another SEAL were out "to get back" at the victim for a perceived offense that night, according to documents from an Army investigation obtained by NBC News.
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But a third witness told investigators that DeDolph and Matthews were among several individuals who were upset with Melgar "after they felt he intentionally tried to evade them while he was driving to a party."
That night, the group made "numerous comments" on how "to get back" at Melgar, according to the witness quoted in the document.
After Melgar's death, according to the document, "DeDolph admitted to the witness that he 'choked Logan out.'"
The witness also said that DeDolph indicated he and Matthews "and possibly other individuals" had used "duct tape" on Melgar, but had left that out of their interviews about the death because they were afraid it would be considered hazing.
The new information comes after the Daily Beast reported Sunday that Melgar had discovered that the SEALs were pocketing money from a counterterrorism fund that was used to pay local informants for information.
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