Transgender wife of army soldier Craig Chamberlain found dead during his disappearance

An army base in Texas is investigating the mysterious death of a soldier’s wife whose body was found while the serviceman was briefly missing, according to a report.

The death of Cam Chamberlain in May has raised a number of questions, especially after her husband, Army Specialist Craig Chamberlain, was found alive the next day after being missing for less than two weeks.

The confusion case began when Cam, who is a transgender woman, reported her husband missing on May 15, with Army officials at Fort Cavazos believing the 23-year-old was “willfully” absent from your unit, KWTX reported.

His death was announced on May 25 and he was found alive on May 26.

Army investigators have opened a criminal investigation, NBC News reported Thursday, though a spokesman did not provide further details.

It is not clear when, where or how he died.

An autopsy has not been performed and no funeral has been scheduled, the outlet reported.

“I can’t even mourn his death like the family should, because it’s like he never existed now,” his longtime friend Shandy Eubank told NBC News.

When Craig was found, he was in bad shape, his mother Virginia Chamberlain said.

Craig had also faced an administrative investigation into her disappearance, which has since concluded.

But the findings of the internal investigation cannot be released due to privacy rules, NBC News reported.

Craig’s current status in the military is unclear.

When he disappeared, his wife told a friend she planned to break up with him, according to a friend.

“Even though I’m getting a divorce, I still can’t help but think he’s in danger,” she wrote, according to the outlet. “I still love him and would blame myself if anything happened to him.”

She also told the friend that when he disappeared, he left her without food or money for necessities.

Cam posted a missing person flier on social media that said she was gone without her keys and phone.

He also wrote on the steering wheel that he was dealing with an “extreme depression attack.”

During Craig’s disappearance, his wife said she only found out after he stopped reporting to the Army base in March, according to a Killeen Daily Herald report for May.

“He told me he was going to work all the time, so I didn’t think anything of it, but actually, he wasn’t really going to work; he was just saying he was going to work,” she said.

But Craig’s mother, Virginia, denied that she was lying to Cam, citing photos from that time that showed her with long hair and facial hair, NBC News reported.

“You can’t apply for such service in the army,” he said.

Fort Cavazos stated that Craig Chamberlain had “failed” to get a new assignment for “an unknown reason” and declined to comment on Cam Chamberlain’s claims.