Captain’s death during Skype call remains mystery

US Army investigators have found no bullet wound or evidence of foul play in the death of a soldier in Afghanistan during a Skype video chat with his wife.

Captain Bruce Kevin Clark’s wife Susan Orellana-Clark said her husband fell forward during the video session last week and that she saw a bullet hole in the wardrobe behind him, raising the question of whether he had been shot.

But Christopher Grey, a spokesman for the Army Criminal Investigation Command, said yesterday that no bullet wound was found.

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“The important thing is that there was no bullet wound, no trauma,” except that Capt Clark’s nose was possibly broken when he fell on his desk, Mr Grey said.

Capt Clark’s family released a statement describing what his wife saw in the video feed recording her husband’s death.

The statement said “others individuals, including a member of the military, who rushed” to the Texas home of Capt Clark’s wife also believed it was a bullet hole.

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