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Note Probed In Death Of Soldier

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: July 2, 2008

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - A pregnant soldier lay dead in the bathtub. Reportedly scrawled on the motel-room mirror in lipstick was a crosshair design - the same symbol contained in a letter that arrived at the local newspaper four days later.

"The following is to inform that I am responsible for the dead body," the typewritten letter read. "There will be many more to come."

At the bottom was the same circle-and-cross drawing used a generation ago by San Francisco's infamous Zodiac Killer.

The letter appears to be an important piece of evidence in the investigation into the death last month of Army Spc. Megan Touma, a 23-year-old soldier at Fort Bragg.

Investigators are calling the case a homicide.

Authorities said they have identified a "person of interest" in the case, a soldier studying psychological warfare at Fort Bragg.

The Associated Press

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