“THOMAS BOYLE WAS A MARINE” by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 9, 2018) — Pauline Boyle, the widow of the late civilian contractor Thomas J. Boyle, Jr., reported Tuesday that a letter she mailed to White House Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly (Ret) was delivered via certified mail today. Mrs. Boyle’s letter is the second of […]
REPORT: PERPETRATOR OF IED ATTACK FORMER “ENEMY COMBATANT,” RELEASED DAYS BEFORE OBAMA INAUGURATION by Pauline Boyle, ©2018 (Aug. 6, 2018) — [Editor’s Note: Part 9 of a video series created by the widow of a civilian contractor killed in Afghanistan in 2012 revealed that the insurgent attack on the base where Thomas J. Boyle, Jr. […]
“MA’AM, IT’S JUST LIKE VIETNAM” by Pauline Boyle, ©2018 (Jul. 30, 2018) — [Editor’s Note: The widow of civilian contractor Thomas J. Boyle, Jr. has released Part 8 of her video series depicting the inconsistencies surrounding how her husband was killed in Kandahar, Afghanistan on June 19, 2012. The video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgpM2g-1QDQ&feature=youtu.be Previous installments […]
PART 7 RELEASED by Pauline Boyle, ©2018 (Jul. 23, 2018) — [Editor’s Note: The widow of civilian contractor Thomas J. Boyle, Jr. has released Part 7 of a video series detailing her late husband’s military and civilian service to his nation and the cloudy circumstances surrounding his death in Kandahar, Afghanistan on June 19, 2012. […]
WHO WAS THE “BENEFICIARY?” by Pauline Boyle, ©2018 (Jul. 5, 2018) — [Editor’s Note: The widow of civilian contractor Thomas J. Boyle, Jr. has released Part 6 of a video series she created detailing the inconsistencies and denial of life insurance benefits associated with his death in Kandahar, Afghanistan on June 19, 2012. The video […]
“TO THE VICTOR BELONG THE SPOILS” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 28, 2018) — Pauline Boyle has released Part 5 of a video series she created about the death of her husband, Thomas J. Boyle, Jr., who was working as a civilian contractor in Afghanistan following a 31-year career as a Chicago Police Department officer. The […]
WHERE ARE THE MEDICAL RECORDS? by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 25, 2018) — The fourth installment of a video series depicting the cloudy circumstances of the 2012 death of civilian contractor Thomas J. Boyle, Jr. focuses on taxpayer-funded reimbursement to an insurance company which may not legally be owed the money. Life insurance benefits which Mr. […]
“NAMING THE NAMES” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 19, 2018) — On the sixth anniversary of his death, the widow of the late civilian contractor Thomas J. Boyle, Jr. has produced a third video in a series depicting what she was initially told about her husband’s death and information she was provided later by eyewitnesses. Parts […]
“CONTRADICTIONS” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 15, 2018) — The widow of a civilian military contractor has published the second in a series of videos depicting the as-yet unexplained circumstances of her husband’s death on June 19, 2012 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Thomas J. Boyle, Jr. was a decorated Vietnam combat veteran and 31-year veteran of the […]
“BETRAYED BY HIS BROTHERS IN ARMS” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 4, 2018) — Pauline Boyle, the widow of the late civilian contractor Thomas J. Boyle, Jr., has produced the first video in what will be a series in which the conflicting information she has been provided to date as to the cause of her husband’s […]
WHILE CAUSE OF DEATH REMAINS UNCLEAR by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 14, 2018) — On March 27, The Post & Email related the most recent developments in the quagmire surrounding death benefits afforded to the widow of civilian contractor Thomas J. Boyle, Jr., who died in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan on June 19, 2012 under circumstances which […]
TAXPAYERS FOOT BILL TO INSURANCE COMPANY, EMPLOYER AMID CONTRADICTIONS IN CAUSE OF DEATH by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 27, 2018) — The widow of a civilian contractor killed in Afghanistan in 2012 is now convinced that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and its insurer, Zürich North American Insurance Company and the law firm of Flicker […]
“I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED A RESPONSE” by Pauline Boyle (Mar. 20, 2018) — [Editor’s Note: The following letter was written by the widow of Thomas J. Boyle, Jr. to White House Chief of Staff Gen. John F. Kelly (Ret) after he spoke to the media last October amid a furor which arose from President Trump’s […]
“YOU ARE NOT ALONE” by Pauline Boyle, ©2017 (Mar. 12, 2017) —[Editor’s Note: The following account was written by Pauline Boyle, widow of a civilian contractor killed in 2012 in Afghanistan in circumstances that have remained unexplained by the Army and his employer, L-3 Communications/Engility Corp. Retired Chicago Police Department officer and U.S. Marine veteran Thomas […]
“L-3 COMMUNICATIONS NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE” by Pauline Boyle (Feb. 25, 2017) — [Editor’s Note: The letter below was sent to Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA50), a cosponsor of a resolution to disapprove a $418 million proposed sale of specially-outfitted airplanes to the Kenyan government reported to have been approved by the Obama administration on his […]
COMPUTER ACTIVATED REMOTELY, FILES DELETED BEFORE HER EYES by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 2, 2017) — On Monday, Pauline Boyle, whose husband, Thomas J. Boyle, Jr. was killed in Afghanistan in 2012 by what she believes was friendly fire, told The Post & Email that she recently witnessed one of her computers, which had been shut […]
HOW DOES A “NO RECORDS” RESPONSE BECOME “CLASSIFIED IN THE INTEREST OF NATIONAL DEFENSE?” by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 6, 2016) — On September 28, the widow of a civilian contractor stationed in Afghanistan at the time of his death on June 19, 2012 filed an appeal to a September 6 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) […]
WIDOW OF KIA CIVILIAN CONTRACTOR: “WHAT I UNCOVERED DURING MY QUEST FOR THE TRUTH ABOUT MY HUSBAND’S DEATH IS UNBELIEVABLE” by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 3, 2017) — In an interview last month, the widow of the late civilian contractor Thomas J. Boyle, Jr., Pauline Boyle, told The Post & Email that in what she has […]
“NOT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE” by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 17, 2016) — In our last article on the case of late civilian contractor Thomas J. Boyle, Jr., his widow reported that companies from which he purchased life insurance policies before deploying overseas have been dishonest with her in claiming that they have released their entire administrative […]
“INSURANCE FRAUD AT ITS BEST” by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 21, 2016) — Thomas J. Boyle, Jr. was employed by L-3 Communications/EngilityCorp at the time of his death in Afghanistan while deployed with the U.S. Army Reserve Unit from Jackson, Michigan on June 19, 2012. Neither the U.S. military nor Mr. Boyle’s former employer has explained […]