Long-missing soldier's remains return

25-year-old sergeant killed in combat in Iraq's 'Triangle of Death' LAWRENCE, Mass. - A procession of veterans on motorcycles and state police in their cruisers blocked parts of two interstates Friday as it finally brought home the body of an Army staff sergeant who was missing for months after being seized by insurgents in Iraq. A hearse bearing the remains of 25-year-old Alex Jimenez came to a halt in front of his father's house in Lawrence, the scene of a 14-month vigil as the family awaited word of his fate. A memorial shrine with floral arrangements and half-burned votive candles was on the sidewalk. The procession included van loads of fellow members of the 10th Mountain Division, who were undertaking the final memorial rites for three comrades once missing but now fallen. Jimenez; Spc. Byron Fouty, 19, of Waterford,... [read full story]