Prosecutors reopen probe into Army vet found dead in motel, report says

Felicia Reeves' family has been questioning the case's label as a suicide since she was found dead last year.

Picture of Felicia Reeves in her Army uniform. Reeves, 40, a military veteran, was found hanging in the bathroom of the room in the Royal Motel in Elizabeth on Aug. 28, 2015. Police ruled the death a suicide, but Reeves' family said many questions remain unanswered. (Photo from Reeves' family)

ELIZABETH -- A county prosecutor's office has reopened a probe into the death of an Army veteran found dead in a city motel last year, a report says.

Relatives have questioned investigators' decision to label the case a suicide since Felicia Reeves, of North Carolina, was found hanging in the bathroom of a room at the Royal Motel on Routes 1&9 in August 2015. 

The Union County Prosecutor's Office this week told Reeves' sister in an email that it would reopen an investigation into the 40-year-old's death, Carolina Public Press reported. 

"Please be advised that after consulting with Acting Deputy First Assistant Prosecutor Ann Luvera, the Union County Prosecutor's Office will be conducting its own review of the circumstances surrounding the loss of your sister, as well as a review of the investigation done by members of the City of Elizabeth Police Department," wrote Michael Henn, the office's homicide task force supervisor, according to the report. 

Henn wrote that members of the task force would handle the case, while he personally handled the legal aspects, the report says.

A spokesman for Elizabeth police did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the probe. 

Reeves' sister, Suzan Bayorgeon, previously told Carolina Public Press that Reeves had been in several bad relationships before her death and didn't trust other people. She told the news outlet that Reeves had repeatedly commented that if she were discovered dead, it would be a murder. 

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Prosecutors reopen probe into Army vet found dead in motel, report says