Army officials revealed Thursday that a person of interest is in custody in connection to the homicide of a soldier whose body was found in a dumpster earlier this week.
Sergeant Sarah Roque, 23, was reported missing Monday when she did not show up for duty.
Her body was found the following day in a dumpster at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri.
On Thursday, army officials shared that a person of interest has been detained adding that Roque’s death is being investigated as a homicide.
“As a commander and a leader, this is a tragedy,” Major General Christopher Beck said at a press conference Thursday.
“This is something that we never want to happen, we never want for the family to have to endure, or for the unit to have to endure.”
Authorities have not released further details about the person of interest or details surrounding Roque’s death.
Roque enlisted in 2020 as a mine dog handler. Since, she was awarded the Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal, and the Army Service Ribbon.
