Sailor aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt died by suicide, coroner's office confirms
The cause of the death of a sailor who was found dead on USS Theodore Roosevelt on Dec. 5 was confirmed to be suicide, according to Kitsap County C...
The cause of the death of a sailor who was found dead on USS Theodore Roosevelt on Dec. 5 was confirmed to be suicide, according to Kitsap County Coroner's office. Family members of the sailor were notified by the Navy, and the death is under investigation by Naval Criminal Investigative Service.Electrician's Mate (Nuclear) 3rd Class Jacob Slocum, 23, from Elmhurst, Illinois, was assigned to be a nuclear electrician on the USS Theodore Roosevelt in 2019. He came to Bremerton with the aircraft carrier when the ship arrived for overhaul at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in July 2021, according to his family in an interview with the Kitsap Sun.