Law enforcement is investigating the death of a retired major general whose body was found Saturday at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, officials confirmed to Military.com.
Retired Maj. Gen. William Mullen, 59, a former Marine Corps officer with multiple deployments to Iraq, was found on the installation at Building 1651 over the weekend, according to San Bernardino County Coroner records.
A spokesperson for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service told Military.com on Tuesday that the military law enforcement entity is investigating the death.
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“I can confirm that NCIS is conducting a thorough investigation into the death of retired Maj. Gen. William Mullen, as we do in response to any non-combat, medically unattended fatalities involving Navy and USMC equities, service members, and affiliated civilian personnel,” said Darwin Lam, a spokesperson for the agency.
When asked, NCIS did not disclose the manner of Mullen’s death.
“Out of respect for the investigative process, NCIS will not comment further while the investigation remains ongoing,” Lam said.
Gloria Huerta, a spokesperson for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, told Military.com on Tuesday that the local coroner’s office responded to Mullen’s death at around 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon.
She said that the autopsy…
