Soldier's Death Being Investigated As Homicide
By: Lynn Lawson
Updated: January 1, 2013
FRANKLIN COUNTY, PA - Police are now investigating the death of a former Franklin County man as a homicide.
Staff Sergeant Robert Devitto was found with buckshot wounds to his face and chest while hunting alone in North Carolina on December 18th.
He died three days later.
Devitto was on active duty and stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina at the time of his death.
He is originally from Fort Loudon, a graduate of James Buchanan High School and still has family in Shippensburg.
According to his obituary, Devitto will be laid to rest in Arlington Cemetery on January 9th.
Staff Sergeant Robert Devitto was found with buckshot wounds to his face and chest while hunting alone in North Carolina on December 18th.
He died three days later.
Devitto was on active duty and stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina at the time of his death.
He is originally from Fort Loudon, a graduate of James Buchanan High School and still has family in Shippensburg.
According to his obituary, Devitto will be laid to rest in Arlington Cemetery on January 9th.
