Army soldier’s death investigated as homicide after body found inside Missouri base dumpster

The Army is investigating the decease of a 23-year-old sergeant arsenic a homicide aft her assemblage was recovered wrong a dumpster astatine Fort Leonard Wood successful Missouri.

In an update connected Thursday, U.S. Army Fort Leonard Wood announced successful a societal media station that a idiosyncratic of involvement had been taken into custody successful narration to the decease of Sgt. Sarah Roque.

"Sergeant Roque was a daughter, sister, person and worker who chose to service our state bravely and honorably," Maj. Gen. Christopher Beck, MSCoE and Fort Leonard Wood commanding general, said successful a quality release.

Sgt. Sarah Roque, a worker who was reported missing from the Army’s Fort Leonard Wood installation successful Missouri, was recovered dormant connected Tuesday. (U.S. Army Fort Leonard Wood)

Roque, 23, was archetypal reported missing connected Monday aft her household and concatenation of bid were incapable to interaction her.

On Tuesday, the basal announced that the 23-year-old's assemblage was recovered successful the dumpster adjacent barracks for azygous soldiers. Officials declined to accidental who recovered her assemblage oregon whether determination was a suspected origin of death.

"It is with a dense bosom that we pass the Fort Leonard Wood assemblage that our missing Soldier, Sergeant Sarah Roque, 23, has been recovered deceased," they wrote successful a Facebook post.

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Sgt. Sarah Roque archetypal enlisted successful the Army successful 2020. (U.S. Army Fort Leonard Wood)

Roque was from Ligonier, Indiana, and served arsenic a span unit subordinate and a excavation canine handler with the K-9 detachment of the 5th Engineer Battalion, basal officials said successful a quality release. 

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She enlisted successful 2020 and attended basal grooming astatine Fort Leonard Wood. Her awards and decorations included the Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal and the Army Service Ribbon.

Maj. Gen. Christopher Beck said that the decease of Sgt. Sarah Roque has near a "tremendous void." (U.S. Army Fort Leonard Wood)

Beck said her decease had caused a "tremendous void" successful their team.

"The Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and Fort Leonard Wood squad is profoundly saddened by this devastating loss, and we nonstop our deepest condolences to the family, friends and chap Soldiers of Sergeant Roque," Beck said. 

"Sergeant Roque was a daughter, sister, person and worker who chose to service our state bravely and honorably," helium said. "Her passing has caused a tremendous void passim our team, and portion determination are nary words to easiness the pain, we proceed to supply care, resources and enactment to those who are affected during this hard time."

The incidental continues to beryllium nether probe by the Department of Army Criminal Investigation Division. 

Fox News Digital has reached retired to Fort Leonard Wood for comment.

Pfc. Katia Dueñas Aguilar, 23, was brutally killed successful May successful her location adjacent Fort Campbell. (U.S. Army)

Roque's decease came aft Army Pfc. Katia Dueñas Aguilar, 23, was brutally killed successful May successful her location adjacent Fort Campbell successful Louisiana.

According to an autopsy report, Dueñas suffered 68 stab wounds to her cervix and precocious body. The aesculapian examiner ruled her decease a homicide owed to crisp unit injuries.

A $55,000 reward from the household and the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) was announced for immoderate accusation that whitethorn assistance the constabulary lick the case.

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"This is simply a quality being. This is simply a Latina. This is simply a young woman that signed connected the dotted enactment to serve our country," said Analuisa Carrillo-Tapia of the LULAC National Military and Veterans Committee. "We privation to cognize what happened, who did it, and we privation the idiosyncratic oregon radical who did it brought to justice."

In the months since, nary fishy has been named, nary motive identified and nary arrests made.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.