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Police: Missing Bliss pfc. may be in danger

EL PASO, Texas — Police say a Fort Bliss soldier is considered in danger after she did not report for work Friday and evidence of foul play was found in her apartment.

Authorities were searching for Pfc. Jeneesa Lewis, 29, and her husband. The couple is believed to be together and police want to talk to Clinton Lewis, 34, about his wife’s disappearance, El Paso Officer Chris Mears said.

People who know the soldier told investigators that she and her husband, who is not in the Army, have been having marital problems, Mears said.

Fort Bliss spokeswoman Jean Offutt said that when Jeneesa Lewis didn’t report to physical training or work, soldiers from the 5-52 Air Defense Artillery Battalion, 11th Brigade went to her off-post apartment to check on her.

The apartment she shares with her husband was locked, prompting the call to police.

Neither of the Lewises was home. Mears said police found evidence of foul play, but he would not elaborate.

Jeneesa Lewis has only been stationed at Fort Bliss for a few months and arrived at the post alone, Offutt said.

According to Army records, her children live in Tennessee. Further information on the children wasn’t immediately available.

Lewis is the fourth young female service member to go missing in recent months.

In January, the body of Marine Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach was found buried in the backyard of a fellow Marine in North Carolina. Cpl. Cesar Laurean is charged with murder.

Last month, the body of Spc. Megan Touma was found in a motel near Fort Bragg, N.C. No arrests have been made in her death. Touma and Lauterbach both were pregnant.

Earlier this month, Army 2nd Lt. Holley Wimunc, a nurse at Fort Bragg, was found dead, and her husband, Marine Cpl. John Wimunc, 23, was charged with murder.