Body in Iraq ID’d as contractor, 82nd vet

Body in Iraq ID’d as contractor, 82nd vet
By Carolyn Thompson - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Apr 24, 2008 6:02:17 EDT

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A body recovered in Iraq was identified Wednesday as that of Jonathon Cote, an Army veteran who was working as a contractor when he was kidnapped with four others more than a year ago.

“Mr. Cote’s remains are in the United States and will be returned to his family,” said a statement by FBI Special Agent Richard Kolko in Washington.

Cote’s father said on his blog on the family’s Web site that his 25-year-old son’s body was positively identified at Dover Air Force Base after being recovered Saturday, but that the family had not received autopsy results.

On the Web site, Francis Cote asked reporters to refrain from calling to allow the family “to grieve in peace.” He scheduled a press conference for Thursday afternoon.

Jonathon Cote, of the Buffalo suburb of Getzville, was working for Crescent Security Group when he was kidnapped with three other Americans and an Austrian on Nov. 16, 2006. In all, six contractors were kidnapped in two separate incidents over a two-month span.


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