Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009

NC Marine from Ohio died of blows to the head

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- A North Carolina Marine whose body was found near his barracks died from blows to the head.

Officials at Camp Lejeune have released autopsy results in the death of Cpl. Joshua E. Hartzell. The body of the 22-year-old from Hamilton, Ohio, was found Friday in woods at the base in Jacksonville.

Camp Lejeune officials have arrested 21-year-old Pvt. Jonathan Law of Clark County, Nev. Law was found in his barracks with apparently self-inflicted wounds.

Law was sent to a Greenville hospital and is now in pretrial confinement.