Candlelight vigil set for slain sailor

SEATTLE (AP) — Family and friends of a U.S. Navy sailor killed in Afghanistan after vanishing in a hostile area have organized a candlelight vigil at his old high school in Seattle.

Tuesday evening’s scheduled vigil is planned for Chief Sealth High School, where Jarod Newlove graduated in 2003.

Afghan officials said last week that Petty Officer 3rd Class Newlove’s body was recovered from a river. The Navy confirmed his death.

Newlove and another sailor were driving through a dangerous part of eastern Afghanistan when they became involved in a firefight on July 23. The second sailor was killed.

At first, the Taliban said they had taken Newlove and a massive search was launched. Days later his death was confirmed.

The Navy is investigating what two junior enlisted men in noncombat jobs were doing driving alone nearly 60 miles from their base in a dangerous area controlled by the Taliban.