Body found in hotel with items of missing soldier

Body found in hotel with items of missing soldier

RUSS BYNUM

Associated Press

SAVANNAH, Ga. - A body found with items belonging to a Fort Benning soldier missing for 12 days was discovered Friday at a downtown hotel after guests complained of a foul odor in the lobby.

A maintenance worker at the DeSoto Hilton hotel found the body of a man inside a large piece of air-conditioning equipment. Firefighters wearing hazard suits removed the body several hours later.

Spc. Robert Hornbeck, 23, was last seen outside the hotel April 16 after a late night of bar-hopping with an Army buddy. He answered his cell phone briefly after his father arrived just after 3 a.m. to give him a ride. He said, "Dad, I'm on the stairs," then the connection went dead.
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