A high-ranking Air Force Space Command officer who was charged with rape and other crimes was found dead in his Colorado home after civilian police received a report of a suicide, officials said Monday.
(FOX)- The body of Col. Eugene Caughey, 46, was found Sunday at his off-base home in Colorado Springs, city police said.
Caughey was relieved of his duties in June 2015 after the rape investigation began, the Air Force has said. His court-martial was scheduled for Oct. 17.
The officers who found him dead were responding to a report of a suicide, Colorado Springs police Sgt. Tim Stankey said. The coroner’s office said it could be four to six weeks before the findings of an autopsy are released.
Caughey was accused of raping a woman in late 2014 or early 2015. He was also charged with adultery, indecent filming or photography, dereliction of duty and conduct unbecoming an officer.
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