Articles 3.24.2005

The Associated Press, KUTV News, CA, San Jose Mercury News, and Santa Cruz Sentinel have articles on the court hearing in the dispute over the burial location for Staff Sgt. Jason Hendrix, of the 1-9th, who was killed in Ramadi on 2.16.2005. In the absence of a will, a California judge upheld the Army's decision to grant custody to his father, the elder of his divorced parents. Originally, his body was flown to California, where his mother lives, based on the emergency contact information he provided. The judge "ultimately decided that the parents' final divorce degree had granted the father custody rights." His body is expected to be flown to Oklahoma today, where he will be buried next to his grandfather, a former marine. SSG Hendrix's mother said she will not appeal the decision.
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Other articles from the region:
- BBC: Vote on Iraq cabinet draws closer
- Christian Science Monitor: Sunnis now want to join Iraq politics