[eyespysomething]

Um I meant was he considered AWOL before he was found dead, not after. It may be obvious to you, but as the wife of a journalist, a line stating "He had been missing for a month/He was considered AWOL after not reporting for duty over a month ago/Officials suspected foul play when he was reported missing/Family has been heartbroken since soldier disappeared over 1 month ago/" or something along those lines would have filled in a detail missing from the story.

[archy]

***Um I meant was he considered AWOL before he was found dead, not after. It may be obvious to you, but as the wife of a journalist, a line stating "He had been missing for a month/He was considered AWOL after not reporting for duty over a month ago/Officials suspected foul play when he was reported missing/Family has been heartbroken since soldier disappeared over 1 month ago/" or something along those lines would have filled in a detail missing from the story.***

After 30 days, the charge he should have been facing would have been desertion.