FT. LEONARD WOOD, Mo. – Sgt. Sarah Roque, a soldier who was reported missing from the U.S. Army’s Fort Leonard Wood facility in Missouri earlier this week, was found dead on Tuesday.
Officials are investigating her death as a homicide, according to a report from Nexstar affiliate KOLR.
Roque was 23 years old and a member of the 5th Engineer Battalion.
During a Thursday news conference, officials reported her body was found inside a dumpster. Army officials did not disclose her cause of death.
According to TaskandPurpose.com, a military news website, officials report that a person of interest has been identified and is wanted for questioning. Additional details around the person of interest, however, were not disclosed.
Local authorities are working with Fort Leonard Wood. Anyone with relevant information in the case is urged to contact military police at 573-596-6141. To submit details online and anonymously, click here.
