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HONOR ROLL SITUATIONS! (page 7)
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AR MICHELE ANGELINE PURCELL, USA
Born: October 19, 1984 - 18 short years - Died: February
17, 2003...Pending???
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SGT. LOREN JAMES JANECZKO, U.S. ARMY
Born: August 6, 1972 - 29 short years - Died: October 12,
2001...Homicide???
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PFC CHRISTOPHER RYAN WILLIAMS, USMC
Born: December 27, 1975 - 19 short years - Died: October 28, 1995...Suicide???
4. + 2nd Lt. DAMON DAMONTCE VALLIAN, USAF
Born: November 26, 1973 - 28 short years - Died: August 26, 2002...Accident???
AR MICHELE ANGELINE PURCELL,
USA (October 19, 1984 - February 17, 2003)
On October 19, 1984, Jesse and Laurie Purcell and their
three sons and four daughters welcomed a baby girl into the world
and named her Michele Angeline. On Monday, February 24, 2003, the family
was joined by dozens of relatives and family friends at Fir Lawn Memorial
Park Cemetery in Hillsboro, OR to bury her.
On February 17, 2003, Michele Purcell, an Army Recruit
scheduled to depart for boot camp early this spring, was the victim
of a shooting in Astoria, OR. Thus, this Situation in Progress is
truly a ‘situation’ in progress. As information becomes available,
it will be posted here, on the MAMMA site. Meanwhile, her family has
made a website for her at: http://www.michelepurcell.org/
Michele was killed by a single gunshot wound to the chest
from a handgun and her sister, Shawna, voiced the family’s belief
when she said, “This is cold-blooded murder!” Strangely, though the
State Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death a homicide, Astoria Police
Capt. Alan Oja, who is heading up the investigation, has said that the
investigation could still find Purcell was killed in an accident or
even committed suicide.
Michele’s brother notes, “...my family is very frustrated
and enraged about this!” and MAMMA is worried that the Purcell Family
is being subjected to the ‘Military Twist’ version of Justice. Paul
Purcell is asking everyone to: “Please share these links with all that
you know....to raise community awareness and the cause of justice.”
The Police Department is requesting assistance in the investigation
from former classmates, friends, associates or anyone who may have
known Michele to help in finding clues for why she died. They have
said that anyone who knew Michele or knows anything about her death should
contact the police department and leave a message for Capt. Oja or Det.
Eric Halverson at 338-6411 ext. 22.
If you have any comments or questions about this situation,
please, contact Michele’s brother, Paul, who said, “We thank you and
ask for your support during this time - We are asking for more media
coverage of this case so that the government/Army will be more responsible
and held liable for deaths such as Michele’s which occurred on the grounds
of a military rental unit. Please send these links to all who may be
able to help us.” Paul can be reached at: freelightexpress@juno.com.
SGT. LOREN JAMES JANECZKO,
USA (Aug. 6, 1972 - Oct. 12, 2001)
On Sept. 12, 2001, Loren Janeczko, like every other man, woman and child in the United States, awoke to a world that had become threatening to the United States of America. He, like many Patriotic young men, decided to put his life on hald and returned to 'active service in the Army.
On Oct. 12, 2001, one short month after putting
his life ‘on hold’, Sgt. Loren Janeczko was killed in a "shoot out"
with the New Jersey State Police. According to media reports, he was
supposed to have "flipped out" and started shooting people, wounding
two fellow soldiers on the Ft. Dix Army base, fleeing in a vehicle, and
then wounding two New Jersey police officers, and taking a hostage before
he was shot and killed by police.
According to the story, the hostage got away
when Loren's gun jammed and Loren was then killed by a member of
the New Jersey State Police.
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It was a year after his death when the investigation reports,
requested in October 2001 through the Federal Freedom of Information
Act, were received. The reports are not complete. Much of the information
is redacted. One brief report is from the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI). The other, more voluminous in terms of paper, was from the Army
Criminal Investigation Division (CID).
In a brief sentence, within the Army CID
report, it is revealed that NO HOSTAGE WAS EVER TAKEN. This was confirmed
on the telephone by a CID officer.
Both the FBI and CID reports refer to the
fact that Loren made an allegation of sexual assault against soldiers
in his sleeping quarters four days before he was killed. The reports
state that the Department of Defense Police on Ft. Dix were investigating
the matter. He was placed in a private room for his own safety and security.
On October 12, 2001, his commanding officer
decided to interrogate him in her office for what was described,
by a DOD officer's statement to the CID, as a prolonged period of time.
He was not allowed to make any arguments in his own defense and became
increasingly stressed, as he watched the accused soldiers walking freely
near the office and speaking to one another.
At this point, according to the report, his
commanding officer decided to search his room and locker. He was
ordered to lay out his possessions on the bed. Reportedly, rolled
up inside a "dirty T-shirt" was a gun and ammunition. Strangely, the
‘statement’ of the DOD Police Officer In Charge (OIC), for that day’s
shift, states: “...had been searching SGT JANECZKO’s wall locker and
as he had removed some items, some ammunition had fallen on the table.”
Note that the OIC made no mention of a GUN!
His commanding officer, by her own statement,
corroborated by other statements, said, "Now we've got you, buddy!
You are going to jail." She then left Loren in the room with two other
soldiers and events proceeded.
When the DOD police were called and asked
for a copy of their investigation into the allegation of sexual assault,
their first response was that there was no report of any allegation or investigation.
After the JAG and Inspector General were contacted, the chief of
the DOD Police stated that there was, indeed, an investigation report.
He supplied the case number and said that it would be supplied to the
family. Two weeks after that conversation, a person in the DOD Police
office stated that the report would be delayed because the "legal department"
was reviewing the report. A month after the request was made, another
fragmentary and incomplete report was received. The summary states that
the matter would be handled by the Unit Commander, however, a DOD police
officer's statement claimed that the sexual assault investigation was ongoing
at the time of the Commander's "interrogation".
The CID report also states that the investigation
was jointly handled with the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice.
They house exhibit 16, which includes the total summary of the investigation,
all crime scene photos and evidence.
The New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice
states that they are not subject to the Freedom of Information Act
and that they will not give up any or all of their investigation reports.
New Jersey has an Open Records Law and a Government Records Council,
which has the power to help people get such information. At present,
all requests for investigation reports have been denied and appealed.
The autopsy report supplied by the New Jersey Medical Examiner's
Office contains no forensic information. There is no ballistics information.
There is no powder burn analysis, even though it was noted that Loren's
hands were "bagged." A letter to the ME resulted in a reply that requests
for further information have been referred to the NJ Division. of Criminal
Justice.
A Congressional Inquiry has recently been
initiated, at the request of his family, into why, seventeen months
after Loren's death, a Line-of-Duty Investigation has still not been
done.
This Situation is currently UNDER CONSTRUCTION!
If you have any comments, questions or offers of support you can
contact Loren's mother, Donna, at: zbraveheart@peoplepc.com
PFC CHRISTOPHER RYAN WILLIAMS, USMC (Dec. 27, 1975 - Oct. 28, 1995)
On the night of October 27, 1995, when Debbie Eppars answered her
phone, she was pleased to find her son, Ryan, at the other end of the
line. Ryan had called to tell her that he had been promoted to PFC and
that, disappointedly, he was not going to be able to join her for Thanksgiving
dinner.
The ‘Good News - Bad News’ conversation improved as he explained that
his ‘Graduation’ had been scheduled for the 30th of November. Though Debbie
was disappointed with the idea that her son wouldn’t be with her for Thanksgiving,
she perked up, when Ryan told her that he was saving his leave time so
he would have two weeks to spend with her before he had to report to his
Duty Station in Okinawa.
Before their conversation ended, Ryan had promised to call her on
the following Monday, as she was going to arrange financing for a ‘little’
problem he was having with his car.
Sadly, Debbie was never to hear the ‘beautiful sound’ of the voice
of her son again.
On Oct. 28, 1995, Ryan’s mother, Debbie, was faced with every parent’s
Nightmare! Following a knock on her door, Debbie was told that her son
“was dead from suicide-hanging himself.”
Because Debbie spoke with her son, 19 (short) hours before he died,
the numerous discrepancies in the reports that she has received have fueled
her (mother’s) feeling that she isn’t being told the TRUTH about Ryan’s
death.
Debbie is disputing the “official” ruling of her son’s death. She
is hopeful that someone reading this ‘blurb’ has information that they
are willing to share, with her, to help her make sure that her son is afforded
the most basic form of ‘Respect’...having the TRUTH told about how he died!
This Situation is currently UNDER CONSTRUCTION! If you have any comments,
questions or offers of support you can contact Ryan's mother, Debbie, at:
dseppars@yahoo.com.
2ND LT. DAMON DAMONTCE VALLIAN, USAF (Nov. 26, 1973 - Aug. 26, 2002)
In August of 2002, Damon Damontce Vallian was attending Officer Training School (OTS) at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi, slated to graduate with his class on September 6, 2002. When ‘Graduation Day’ arrived, Damon was not with his classmates Instead, 2nd Lt. Damon Damontce Vallian was ‘home’...buried in a grave.
Damon Damontce was the first born of six children in the Vallian family. Though each child in the Vallian home is considered “special”, it’s an accepted fact that each is different. Damon’s mother, Jane, proudly notes, “I had no problems with him growing up”...as a child and as an adult, Damon fit into the ‘easy to get along with’ category.
On August 25, 2002, Jane Vallian spoke with her son, Damon, for what was to be the last time. Damon was “excited” because he had gotten ‘leave’ for a couple of days and his graduation from OTS was just a week away. Damon told his mother that he’d be ‘home', late on Thursday night and eerily, the young man, who always kept his word, was there, late Thursday night...laid out in a coffin.
On August 26, 2002, Jane received a call from the Pastor of Damon’s wife, a member of the US Army...serving at her ‘duty station’ in Oklahoma, who had something to tell her. Jane’s daughter-in-law came to the phone and said, “Mom there has been an accident...they had to pull Damon from the bottom of the swimming pool and it doesn’t look good!”
Damon’s father, Issac, called the Keesler Air Force Base hospital. The only thing that the doctor was able to tell him was that Damon had arrived there in an unresponsive state, had remained unresponsive and was dead. All Jane could think or say was...”Oh, No! Not Damon! Not my baby!”
The Vallian family was told that Damon’s death was an ‘accidental’ drowning. The preliminary report notes that he had been swimming in the base pool and that is about the only statement in the report that no one is questioning.
Damon Damontce Vallian, just 28 years old, was physically fit and rated as a strong swimmer. Needless to say, the family has a few questions about the claim that he simply slipped under the water and drown???
Damon’s family finds it a ‘bit’ curious that the report of their son’s death contains statements from two (different) people, claiming to be the ‘one’ who retrieved Damon’s body from the bottom of the pool???
Strange ‘questions’??? Well the family has a few more, like:
- what caused the ‘red circle’ on Damon’s forehead?
- how did he get a ‘black eye’ and a ‘busted lip’?
- what happened, in that pool, that left Damon with four fractured ribs, on each side of his
ribcage, and a fractured sternum???
Jane Vallian wants to know what happened to her son. She doubts what she’s been told
because, as she says, “I know water can not cause this much damage.”
This Situation is currently UNDER CONSTRUCTION! If you have any comments, questions or words of encouragement, you can contact Damon’s mother, Jane, at: jane.vallian@sbcglobal.net
