The body of a US soldier who mysteriously vanished while on a training exercise in Morocco was found on Sunday. The remains were those of 1st Lt. Kendrick Lamont Key Jr., a 27-year-old 14A Air Defense Artillery officer who was one of two US soldiers who fell off a cliff during a recreational hike in Morocco while off duty.
Military teams were still searching for a second missing soldier. The two were reported missing on May 2 after participating in African Lion, an annual multinational military exercise held in Morocco.
'A Moroccan military search team found the Soldier in the water along the shoreline at approximately 8:55 a.m. local time May 9, within roughly one mile of where both Soldiers reportedly entered the ocean,' US Army Europe and Africa said in a statement.
The two went missing around 9 p.m. near the Cap Draa Training Area outside Tan-Tan, a terrain characterized by mountains, desert and semidesert plains, according to the Moroccan military. Their disappearance triggered a search-and-rescue operation involving more than 600 personnel from the United States, Morocco and other military partners. The operation deployed frigates, vessels, helicopters and drones.
This is a developing story.
