ANOTHER young private goes missing from Fort Bliss; MOM OUTRAGED

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 2 December 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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More than a month passed before the parents of Pvt. Richard Halliday knew their soldier son was missing. Even then, it was because they reached out to the Army only to find out that the military considered him AWOL, absent without leave. Reports say the Army is no longer certain Halliday left intentionally. What happened to Pvt. Richard Halliday? Joining Nancy Grace today:Patricia Halliday - MotherRob Halliday - FatherJames Shelnutt - 27 years Atlanta Metro Major Case detective, SWAT Officer (RET) Attorney www.shelnuttlawfirm.com Caryn Stark - NYC Psychologist, www.carynstark.comRobbert Crispin - Private Investigator “Crispin Special Investigations” www.crispinsinvestigations.com Anne Emerson, WCIV ABC 4

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0:00.0	How in the world does the army lose yet another shining star?
0:16.0	Why? You think after Vanessa Giannes' case, they would have learned and don't get me wrong.
0:24.0	I love our military, my father fought for his country. But why is this happening? This time, the superstar, number one in the basic training class.
0:38.0	Number one in AIT Advanced Individual Training. And they're not worried. I'm worried.
0:55.0	Today is a very urgent program. We are searching for a young trainee, a young recruit, just 21 years old.
1:09.0	What has happened to Richard Holiday? Take a listen to this. This is our friend Natasha Paloma at KTSM9.
1:20.0	Richard was born in Poland. We adopted him when he was about five years old with his brother who was almost eight at the time.
1:30.0	We brought him home and I have to remind myself that they're adopted.
1:36.0	His mother describing him as intelligent and talented.
1:40.0	He likes to play the piano, loves outdoors. Richard Holiday was always so independent. His parents say so much so that he decided he would join the service.
1:56.0	He was number one in basic training, received a $500 award for that. Patricia Holiday says her son excelled and even loved being deployed.
2:08.0	He became an E4 very quickly and went to Qatar.
2:12.0	He's not a trainee. He's not a recruit. He's a full-on soldier. Already accomplishing so much, comes to our country from Poland.
2:21.0	He is adopted along with his brother and yet he who comes to this country from another is ready to die for the United States.
2:31.0	What are we ready to do for him? You're just hearing the voice of his mother who of course like me will not miss any opportunity to brag about her children.
2:46.0	And joining me right now is Richard's mother Patricia Holiday, father Rob Holiday also with me.
2:53.0	James Schellnut 27 years Metro Major Case SWOT Officer, now lawyer at SheldonLawfrum.com.
3:02.0	New York Psychologist joining us today from Manhattan, Karen Stark at Karen Stark.com with a C.
3:08.0	Robert Crispin, private investigator former cop at Crispin, special investigations.com.
3:15.0	And and Emerson WC IV ABC 4. First of all to you and Emerson before I get to Richard's mother and father.
3:24.0	What do we know first of all about where Richard was stationed?
3:30.0	Well, what we know Nancy is that he was at Fort Bliss, that's in Texas.
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