Guantanamo Bay Commander Relieved Amid Murder Investigation

The US Navy has removed the commander of the naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba because of an ongoing investigation surrounding alleged misdeeds.

Fox News reports that Capt. John R. Nettleton lost the position of commander at Guantanamo Bay because of an investigation into a civilian's death and an affair Nettleton had with the deceased's' wife.

On Jan. 11, a Coast Guard vessel on patrol came upon the body of Christopher Tur west of Guantanamo Bay. Tur's body was found just a day after his wife reported him missing to the authorities.

Fox News says that the affair between Nettleton and Tur's wife was discovered as an investigation by the Naval Crimes Investigative Service into Tur's death proceeded. The Navy has not released any information about how Tur died.

Nettleton is a suspect in Tur's death, according to Fox News.

Nettleton has been commander of the base at Guantanamo Bay since the end of June, 2012. He will be working at the naval base in Jacksonville, FL while the investigaton continues. Nettleton's duties have been assumed by Capt. Scott Gray, who is also the commander of the base in Jacksonville.

The position is not involved with the infamous prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, which has been used as a propaganda recruiting tool by Islamist terrorists. President Barack Obama is currently in the midst of a years long effort to close the prison. Many of the prisoners have been in detention for more than a decade without facing any formal charges.

A major obstacle to the closing of Guantanamo Bay has been finding countries that will accept the detainees.