Thursday, October 13, 2011
Family of Kyle Antonacci claims the 22-year-old was murdered at Naval Station Great Lakes in 2010.
In February 2010, Navy seaman Kyle Antonacci was found hanging by a belt in the closet of his room at Naval Station Great Lakes in Illinois. His cause of death was ruled asphyxia by hanging but how he died is yet to be determined. Kyle was 22 years old and had recently been the witness in the rape trial of a friend and fellow seaman. His death has been under investigation by the Lake County Coroner’s Office and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) for the past 20 months. Positive their son did not commit suicide, Kyle’s parents, of Hicksville, N.Y., launched their own investigation into his death. The Antonaccis claim the details they’ve uncovered are both shocking and suspicious. Now, they believe their son’s hanging was …
Parents wait for official investigation results following suspicious details about son’s death at Naval Station Great Lakes.
Part 1 of Special Report: Death at Naval Station Great Lakes Ever since Lisa and Al Antonacci were told their son died at Naval Station Great Lakes in Illinois, they’ve been living a nightmare. Kyle Antonacci joined the Navy in 2007 because he wanted to serve his country. Almost three years later, on the night of Feb. 1, 2010, the 22-year-old was found hanging by a belt in a closet of his barracks. Kyle’s parents, of Hicksville, N.Y., were stunned by the news. Their anguish was made worse when military personnel couldn’t give them specific details about his death. When Navy spokesmen arrived at the Antonaccis' home the following day, Al said they didn’t have their facts straight. “First they told me he was dead in his bunk,” Al …
Kyle Antonacci secretly taped a conversation for authorities the same day he was discovered dead in his room.
Part 3 of Special Report: Death at Naval Station Great Lakes On the day that Kyle Antonacci died, the 22-year-old was acting as a secret informant for NCIS at Naval Station Great Lakes. On Feb. 1, 2010, Kyle taped a conversation for NCIS with a female Marine about a rape incident that had allegedly occurred in the barracks. A few hours later, he was discovered hanging by a belt in the closet of his room on the Illinois military base. Nine months earlier, the female Marine had accused Kyle’s friend and fellow seaman Mike Pineda of sexually assaulting her in Kyle’s room. The case went to trial six months later. During the trial, Kyle testified the Marine had originally come to his room because they had previously been sexually involved …
Parents hire medical examiner to conduct second autopsy; shocked by missing bone in body and embalming.
Part 4 of Special Report: Death at Naval Station Great Lakes “When we saw my son’s body in the casket, he looked like he was — excuse my language — beaten the hell out of,” Al Antonacci recalled. “No, he didn’t look beaten, he looked tortured,” his wife Lisa added. On Feb. 1, 2010, their son Kyle was discovered hanging in the closet of his room on the base of Naval Station Great Lakes, 40 miles north of Chicago on Lake Michigan. Authorities would not comment on Kyle’s death because they’re still investigating the manner in which he died. It has not been ruled a homicide or suicide. However, Patch has been notified the investigation was recently completed and is currently awaiting its results. The Antonaccis believe their son was …
peter verzola
11:35 pm on Saturday, October 15, 2011
There are too many mysterious deaths of young military recruits--it is time for a full congressional investigation more ›