A soldier who was reported missing fr𝐆om Fort Drum was found deaꦏd in a wooded area in New Jersey on Saturday, according to officials and a report.
Army Cpl. Hayden Harris, 20, was found shot to death off Ross Road in Sussex County — and a fellow soldier suspected in his killing was taken into custody, Sussex County First Assistant Prosecutor Gregory Mueller .
“We are devastated,” Brig. Gen. Brett Funck, acting senior commander for 🌺Fort Drum and the 10th Mountain Division, announcing Harris’ death.
“It was well known here that Cpl. Harris was a great Soldier, and as we share our grief with his friends and fami🌱ly. His death is a tremendous loss for his loved ones, this division and our nation,” Funck said in the statement.
Harri🍰s, of Guys, Tennessee, was last heard from sometime late Thursday iಞnto early Friday, according to a release from the US Army.
The soldier was supposed to be driving his 2016 Ford Mu༺stang coupe to Watertown for what Army officials described as “some type of vehicle transaction.”
Harris’ body was found by police after 𓂃members of the Byram Township fire department spotted blood, a pair of shoes and paperwork on Ro🎉ss Road, according to NJ.com.
His suspected killer, who is being held by New York authorities, is eꦕxpected to face extradition to 🍎New Jersey after charges are filed in Sussex County, the report said.
Harris joined the Army in March 2019 and was assigned to Fort Drum in July 2019. He leaves behind his mother🎃, father and sister, Army officials said.