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William J. Lavigne II: Uncovering the Dark Secrets of Fort Bragg Drug Trafficking and Murder Inside an Elite Army Community A decorated operator. A dead Green Beret. A locked front door-and a six-year-old who saw everything. This is the true story of a homicide that should have been simple to solve and a community powerful enough to complicate it. With a reporter's precision and a storyteller's restraint, this book follows the minutes in a suburban foyer and the years of silence that followed, tracing how military true crime can slip through cracks cut by secrecy, loyalty, and fear. You'll walk the road trip that spiraled into paranoia, step into the foyer at the exact second the latch turned, and study how forensic evidence and eyewitness testimony collided with a moving target of official narratives. Then you'll travel the shadow routes-warehouse parties, biker fundraisers, and a coastal pipeline where drug trafficking thrives-set against the backdrop of Fort Bragg (now Fort Liberty) and a unit whose reputation for speed and discretion shaped what happened after the gunfire. Inside this book you'll find A scene-by-scene reconstruction of the shooting, built from interviews, timelines, and physical facts. The paper trail-what existed, what vanished, and how a wiped phone and missing tox screen warp justice. The culture map: the split inside Special Forces between teetotalers and hard-living operators, and how that divide plays out in real lives. The city ecology-Fayetteville's bars, alleys, and backrooms-and why locals call it ""Fayettenam."" A clear explanation of the short chain of power (Delta/JSOC) and how it shapes civilian investigations. Practical reforms that any community can adopt: automatic tox tests, independent jurisdiction, and digital-evidence safeguards. Why readers choose this book Relentlessly factual, never sensational. The drama comes from what happened-not from hype. Accessible and humane. Written in clean, direct prose for readers who want the truth without the jargon. Bigger than one case. A window into how elite communities, organized crime pressures, and weak oversight create space for tragedy. Actionable takeaways. If you care about criminal justice reform, you'll leave with concrete ideas that protect families and evidence. Who this is forFans of true crime that respects victims and facts; readers curious about Fort Bragg true crime and the realities behind the Delta Force mystique; anyone drawn to investigations where cover-ups meet community courage, from Fayetteville crime reporting to national-security accountability. If you've ever searched for phrases like military cover-up book, unsolved soldier murder, Fort Liberty investigation, Special Forces scandal, or JSOC dark secrets, this is the deep, unflinching narrative you were looking for-an original account grounded in case files, corroborated testimony, and the stubborn logic of a room that never stopped telling the truth.

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