Re: Unconfirmed Reports Maupin Executed

Date: June 28, 2004

12 NOON - Picked up from an Arabic web site watch:

"28 June 2004 - Reports indicate hostage Private Keith Matt Maupin has been killed

There are unconfirmed reports this noon that an Ohio hostage in Iraq has been killed.

Private Keith Matt Maupin was captured in April when gunmen armed with rocket propelled grenades attacked his convoy.

Two sources, a Cincinnati TV station and an Arabic Web site, both cites sources close to the Maupin family as saying that Maupin has been shot.

Reports indicate that Al Jazeera has a video tape of the shooting in its possession which it has not aired yet due to the coverage of the power turnover in Iraq."

AND - Picked up from another source:

"Captured US Soldier Maupin Executed
Jun 28, 2004

News Desk

Today at 0945hrs Pfc. Matt Maupin, 20, of Batavia, Ohio, held in Iraq was executed. Maupin was a member of the 724th Transportation company, was captured April 9. His convoy was attacked by Iraqi resistance fighters using rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons.

According to military representatives close to the Maupin family, Al Jazeera has a videotape of Maupin being shot which they have not yet aired due to the "festivities" in Iraq.

More details to come as they are available. "