
IMOGENE, Iowa — The family of an Iowa Marine killed in Iraq nearly two months ago still is waiting to learn what happened.
Cpl. Jarrod Maher, 21, of rural Imogene, died Nov. 12 in Abu Ghraib, a suburb of Baghdad. The military has listed his death as a non-hostile gunshot wound.
Maher’s mother, Jacque, said she was initially informed the official results of the cause of her son’s death wouldn’t come for about two months, though she was also told it could be up to six months.
“They haven’t said anything. It’s like they’re in no hurry to finish his investigation,” she said of the Camp Pendleton, Calif., officials involved in her son’s death...