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[Editor Conservative Culture] : We revised the title of the article due to the information we have received. We have asked for direct comment from the family. We also have edited a number of comments for the slanderous and unsubstantiated comments. There is much that remains unknown. What appears to be the case:. The Vet Jason Roach apparently beat up a former friend who had come to his house. The wife was apparently not home. No one seems to know why the fight broke out. Kelly Douglass died from the beating. At this time is only speculation that there was some relationship that formed between the wife and Kelly. There is at this time only speculation that Jason and his wife were in the process of getting a divorce. Much of this information comes from news (which isn’t really clear either) and comments from those who claim to be family members in the comments.
The Admin Mark simply posted this article because he is concerned about the Vets and their families. They go through a tremendous amount of stress and pressure. This is a tragic situation. If we learn more facts they will be posted.
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Received this from a Vet named Nathan Martin. He gave me the heads up on the Ohio Vet being charged with manslaughter. It appears that this man kept hitting on his wife while he was in Iraq and had enough stupidity to show up while he was home. Nathan’s comments are below and are followed by the article.
I normally don’t write to ask people help in fundraising efforts. But this is a Soldier who needs our help, and by the accounts of the two people I know, this is really a problem to be helped with. It is bad enough that our troops don’t get the help they need, but then when they do things that we ourselves would do, it is PTSD or whatever label they can use to make us seem less human and animalistic.
Here is an an account from one who knows the situation he also sent.
Please read the article below. I just heard about this last night. Jason is an OIF vet who had another individual who tried to take advantage of Jason’s wife while he was deployed. After Jason returned this individual did not stop his advances and eventually arrived at Jason’s home and would not leave. While trying to get him off of Jason’s property the individual feel and hit his head and died. Now the police are trying to charge Jason with manslaughter. He needs our help. There will be fun raising efforts to pay for his defense, but the immediate action is a possible rally for Jason at the Hamilton County Jail on December 29th.
Here is the MSM report.
Tags: Conservative, Ohio[Cincinnati.com] SPRINGFIELD TWP. - A 28-year-old man was held on $500,000 bond this morning after police charged him with the beating death of a Hamilton man during a dispute late Monday.
Jason Roach faces one charge of voluntary manslaughter in the death of Kelly Douglass, 32, of Hamilton.
Court records show Roach beat Douglass “while under the influence of sudden passion or in a sudden fit of rage, either of which is brought on by serious provocation …by Kelly Douglass that is reasonably sufficient to incite Jason Roach into using deadly force….”
Police received a 7:35 p.m. report of a person assaulted in the 11800 block of John Gray Road, according to Hamilton County emergency communication reports.
When firefighters responded, they found a person with a lost pulse, according to communication logs.
Douglass was taken to Mercy Hospital Fairfield, where he died a short time later, Springfield Township police said.
Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge Russell Mock set Roach’s bond today at $500,000.
Roach has “absolutely no record whatsoever,” his attorney, Lisa Rabanus, said today.
Roach has worked for Avon for six years, she added, and served a one-year tour in Iraq for the U.S. Army as a recalled Reservist.
