A Green Beret dies on a foyer floor in Fayetteville, NC. Within hours, the shooting is ruled a "justified homicide." No toxicology is taken from the shooter. A phone vanishes, then is reset. A Glock appears cleared on a kitchen counter. Two years later, the alleged shooter-an elite Delta Force operator-is found wrapped in a tarp near a Fort Bragg training lake, alongside a second victim. Investigators whisper about a "Third Man."The Fort Bragg Cartel is a gripping work of military true crime that follows the evidence across living rooms, barracks, and back roads along the Dixie Highway-one of America's busiest drug trafficking corridors. Through sworn statements, dispatch logs, forensic ballistics, and the stubborn paper trail left behind, this book reconstructs the day a door opened, the shots that followed, and the system that closed ranks.What you'll find insideA minute-by-minute reconstruction of March 21, 2018-what a child witness saw, what the room preserved, and what the first deputy actually wrote.The clash between self-defense claims and physics: trajectories, distances, carpet fragments, and ceiling trace.How Army CID reframed a handgun's journey from glove box to counter-and why timing matters more than photographs.The wider ecosystem: hidden venues, biker circles, and how elite credentials intersected with drug trafficking around Fort Bragg.December 2020's double homicide and the working cold case theory that one killer executed the other.A clean, evidence-only synthesis of what we know, what we don't, and what would actually change the picture-plus pragmatic fixes that point to real accountability.Why readers choose this bookIf you care about true crime that respects facts over rumor, this is for you. The narrative is fast but responsible, written in clear, human language that never loses sight of the family, the children, and the consequences. It offers rare clarity on how decisions get made when uniforms, influence, and closed compounds meet county procedures-and what happens when speed replaces safeguards.Who this book is forReaders of investigative nonfiction, veterans and military families, attorneys and journalists, and anyone studying cover-ups, police accountability, cold case reviews, or the intersection of elite units and the civilian justice system.Buy this book if you want a meticulously sourced, page-turning investigation that stays with you long after the headlines fade. It gives you the facts to argue with, the context to understand them, and the humane storytelling that makes the truth impossible to ignore.