Tampa major general leads inquiry into aid worker's death in Afghanistan

Times staff
Monday, October 11, 2010

TAMPA — An Army major general based in Tampa will lead an investigation into the capture and death of a British aid worker.

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joseph L. Votel, of the Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base, will lead a team working with British authorities to look into the death of Linda Norgrove, the Central Command announced Monday.

Norgrove was kidnapped by insurgents Sept. 26 and held in Kunar province, eastern Afghanistan. She died Oct. 8 during a rescue operation by U.S. forces.