89-year-old man found in suitcase identified as WWII veteran

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     (AP) – Police say an 89-year-old man whose body was
discovered in a suitcase on a rural Arkansas farm was a World War II veteran
from New York.
     Johnstown, New York, police Lt. David Gilbo tells the Arkansas
Democrat-Gazette that Robert Brooks died of natural causes at his home about a
month before his body was discovered in Arkansas on March 5. Gilbo says
investigators are still trying to determine why his body was moved.
     Two people considered to be caregivers of Brooks have been detained on
suspicion of abuse of a corpse.
     Brooks served in the military and was a gunner in a B-17 bomber's ball turret.

   

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