USS JOHN C. STENNIS – Navy investigators on supercarrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) have no leads after a string of three gruesome murders onboard the ship, officials report.
The first incident occurred nearly five weeks ago, though a media blackout was ordered by the ships commander, Rear Admiral Troy Shoemaker, due to the Stennis’ current state of deployment. After the third body was discovered aboard the vessel covered in multiple wounds closely resembling forensic samples of grizzly attacks on hikers in the Pacific Northwest, investigators zeroed in on a suspect.
Initially a single, active duty Petty Officer was taken in for questioning by Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) agents afloat, but he was released shortly thereafter when a solid alibi was confirmed.
While the sailor in question, Petty Officer Third Class Eugene Bear, has not filed a complaint, sailors who know him are insisting that this was a crystal clear example of racial profiling.
