Robert Bales Identified as Suspect in Afghanistan Massacre

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales has been named as the suspect in the killing of 16 civilians in Afghanistan as they slept in their houses last week. He was arrested last Sunday.

Of those killed, nine were children and three women.

The report:

From ABC News:

The U.S. soldier accused of going on a rampage and killing 16 Afghan civilians as they slept in their houses has been identified as Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, ABC News confirmed today.

Bales, 38, a husband and father of two, was serving on his fourth combat deployment in 10 years, the first three in Iraq. He was on his first tour in Afghanistan, where he'd been since December.