Army: AWOL Fort Jackson Soldier Spotted, Safe

Army: AWOL Upstate Soldier Spotted, Safe
POSTED: 10:18 am EDT March 17, 2009

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A U.S. Army spokeswoman said Tuesday afternoon that a 39-year-old soldier at Fort Jackson who has been away without leave for more than a week has been spotted around Columbia and appears to be safe.

Fort Jackson spokeswoman Karen Soule said that Pvt. Danielle Williams of Spartanburg was absent without leave from her basic training unit on March 7.

Williams was identified on security video withdrawing money from her bank account at a local store adjacent to Fort Jackson on March 9 and from a local bank on March 10.

Soule said that Williams failed to return to her unit after being treated at a medical clinic at Fort Jackson the afternoon of March 7.
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