I have been a faithful follower of your website and postings for several years now. I wanted to tell you about something that has been going on for a few years now, and unfortunately has tragically struck our family as well.

I have a 21 year-old cousin who joined the Navy 2 years ago. He went through basic and was then stationed in San Diego for a year, and just got stationed to Portsmouth/Norfolk VA last month. Well, this past Fri morning, my aunt gets a knock on the door at 6am saying that my cousin was found dead at some point last week. We have, and are getting very little info from the Navy----shocking I know. The latest update from them was Fri at 2pm and they are now saying he was found in a car in a Norfolk shopping mall and his truck was missing (stolen?). So knowing me, I immediately went into "research" mode. I did a simple Google search of "navy sailors missing or killed in Norfolk VA." The results were disturbing. Look for yourself Mr. Quayle and you will see that there are SEVERAL stories about YOUNG navy sailors going missing or end up being killed in that area. WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON UP THERE?? The Navy is also taking it's sweet precious time getting info to us. I mean, how hard is it to do an investigation on foul play?? You have 3 options. Either he was shot, stabbed, or blunt force trauma. This is all not making any sense. And if this has been an ongoing occurrence for several years now....(stories of this going back to 2014!!!) why is the Navy not warning these kids before they go out?? Or at least telling them to go out in pairs or more? My cousin was alone unfortunately and apparently going to see the new Samson movie.

But my point is, obviously there is some criminal or gang element up in that area (which is crime ridden and scuzzy from what I'm told) that is targeting young sailors for some reason. Is this another deep state operation?? Is MS-13 up there doing this?? Is the Navy trying to hide something from us?? We have no clue.

In any event, if you have any connections in that area or can get to the bottom of this, which I know you're good at, it would certainly be appreciated. Feel free, you have my permission to use any of the info I gave you to discuss with others or use as an alert or what have you. God Bless you in all your efforts! Stay safe!

**My cousins name was Joel Austin. I don't know his rank or title. He just enlisted 2 years ago and this was only his 2nd reporting location. Thanks again.

Your brother in arms,JMJ-SQ ILL FORWARD TO THE FAMILY ALL INFO-'HEADS UP ALL NAVY AND MILITARY PERSONNEL IN NORFOLK-AND ALL OVER THE U.S IN ANY BASE LOCATIONS'

Feb 26, 2018