Anthony Riggs

Anthony Riggs, a 22-year-old male Army Specialist, returned to his hometown of Detroit, Michigan, in March 1991, after serving seven months in the Persian Gulf War with a Patriot missile battery. His homecoming, however, was tragically short-lived. In the early morning hours of March 18, less than a week after his return, Riggs was shot and killed while loading a moving truck outside his wife's family home. Initially, his death was viewed as a senseless act of random urban violence, a stark and ...

Los Angeles Times: Charge Dropped Against Soldier's Wife : Crime: She was accused in the murder of an Army veteran after he returned from Gulf. Her brother, who implicated her in his confession, will stand trial.

Wife and Her Brother Charged in Soldier's Death (Published 1991)