Title: Murder in Baker Company
First published: 2010
Description: Using court transcripts, personal interviews, and police records to retrace the key events of the case, this journey to uncover the truth about what happened to Richard Davis provides a disturbing, eye-opening look into the problems of today's military. After surviving tours in Bosnia and Iraq, Davis was mercilessly tortured and ultimately murdered before his remains were set on fire in the woods of Georgia. Four members of his own platoon were arrested for the crime. When one was asked why they set Richard on fire, his answer was both cold and revealing: "Because that's the way we got rid of bodies in Iraq." There is no other case on record in which American soldiers have killed one of their own in such a twisted manner. They were home. They were alive. So the only question is, why? This is not only the exploration of the heinous murder of a soldier; it is also a call to action for U.S. citizens to provide support and necessary programs for veteran reentry and reassimilation into U.S. society.
Subjects: History, Nonfiction, True Crime, Death and burial, War crimes, Mental health, Murder, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Patients, Psychological aspects, Soldiers, Iraq War, 2003-2011, Atrocities, Biography, Murder, georgia, Iraq war, 2003-2011
LC classification: HV6533.G4 M38 2010