Matt Maupin
By Kristin Rover
Sun staff

More answers could be revealed about the capture and murder of Clermont County soldier Matt Maupin nearly 10 years after he was captured.

Keith Maupin, Matt’s father, said he was contacted about six weeks ago by officials with the Army Judge Advocate General’s office who said they had more information about Matt’s death.

Maupin said he was told that a man had confessed to killing his son and was asked to come to Washington D.C. to talk with a judge about his son’s case.

“They said they had some information on Matt’s case they wanted to tell us,” Maupin said from Washington D.C. “My initial though was this was a long time ago, 10 years since he was captured, what took so long?”

But Maupin said he also learned that the man has been in jail since 2009, and the Iraqi justice system is different.

“They have to have a family member actually come forward to make the protest against this guy,” Maupin said.

Maupin agreed to talk with officials about his son, and he left for Washington D.C. this week. He said another family is there to talk with officials as well.

“I am here to get accountability, justice, and resolve,” Maupin said from Washington D.C. about his decision to go.

Maupin said he has many questions that he wants to have answered about the man including why he confessed, what made him confess, and why he killed an unarmed soldier.

“I often wonder why,” Maupin said.

He said he is not sure exactly how the process works, but will know more once he meets with officials.

“Tomorrow we will be going up to the Pentagon,” Maupin said on May 12. “We will meet and talk to the director of Army staff. At 10:30 we are scheduled to talk to the judge.”

Maupin said he is not out for vengeance, and nothing is going to be able to bring his son back, but he does believe he may get some closure from finding out more about his son’s killer.

“At least we got the guy who killed Matt,” Maupin said. “That is a rare occasion. It will be a little more closure.”

Maupin is scheduled to return from Clermont County May 14.