Maupin death suspects to be executed

Maupin death suspects to be executed
By Michelle Tan - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Apr 21, 2008 7:36:28 EDT

Two people have been sentenced to death for capturing Staff Sgt. Keith M. “Matt” Maupin in Iraq, and the military is searching for more individuals believed to be responsible for his capture and death, the soldier’s father said Thursday.

Maupin disappeared more than four years ago, on April 9, 2004, west of Baghdad, when insurgents attacked his convoy using rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire. His remains and part of his uniform were found March 20, buried in an isolated agricultural region about 25 miles northwest of Baghdad.

“They’ve got some of the bad guys and they’re going after the rest of them,” said Maupin’s father, also named Keith. “We don’t want to jeopardize anything, justice will be done. Show me anywhere in any religion where killing innocent people is the right thing to do.”

Keith Maupin said he has one question for the men convicted of taking his son: “Why did you kill him? You didn’t have to do that. He didn’t have a weapon.”

The military has identified and is searching for six or eight more suspects, Keith Maupin said. The two already in custody were convicted in the Iraqi court system and are now going through the appeals process, he said.


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