Fort Bragg soldier who went missing Memorial Day weekend was decapitated, investigators say

"A severed head that washed ashore near Cape Lookout National Seashore in North Carolina last May was that of a 21-year-old soldier from Fort Bragg, an autopsy found.

Enrique Roman-Martinez, a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division, was last seen May 22 at a campsite on South Core Banks, one of the islands that make up Cape Lookout National Seashore, US Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) spokesperson Chris Grey told CNN.
Roman-Martinez's friends reported him missing the evening of May 23 and found his phone and wallet at the campsite."

"Roman-Martinez's severed head washed ashore May 29 in the area where the tides have washed up other remains in years past, according to a CID spokesperson."

"Roman-Martinez suffered multiple chop injuries to the neck and cervical spine, indicative of decapitation, according to an autopsy report from the Division of Forensic Pathology at East Carolina University's Brody School of Medicine.
Because the rest of his body was not recovered, medical examiners could not determine the cause of death, but based on autopsy findings it was determined Roman-Martinez's death was due to homicide."