{"id":412382,"date":"2026-09-28T00:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T00:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/412382\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T00:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T00:30:11","slug":"body-of-servicewoman-26-found-in-torched-car-near-florida-air-force-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/412382\/","title":{"rendered":"Body of servicewoman, 26, found in torched car near Florida Air Force base"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/weartv.com\/news\/local\/body-found-in-burned-vehicle-near-eglin-air-force-base-during-early-patrol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">body of a 26-year-old military servicewoman was found <\/a>inside a torched car near Florida\u2019s Eglin Air Force Base, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Boerne, Texas resident Tamera Moniq Bolden-Cleckley, who held the rank of senior airman in the 96th Surgical Operations Squadron, was identified days after her body was found on Wednesday, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with a heavy heart that I share the loss of Senior Airman Bolden-Cleckley, one of our teammates,\u201d Col. Daniel Micsunescu, commander of the 96th Surgical Operations Squadron, told <a href=\"https:\/\/newschannel9.com\/news\/nation-world\/air-force-identifies-airman-found-dead-in-burned-car-at-eglin-air-force-base\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">local television station WEAR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"41017084\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/eglin-air-force-base-major-142800299.jpg\" alt=\"The entrance sign for Eglin Air Force Base.\" class=\"wp-image-41017084\"\/>The body of 26-year-old Senior Airman Tamera Moniq Bolden-Cleckley was found in a burned car near Florida\u2019s Eglin Air Force Base. Facebook\/Eglin Air Force Base<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring this incredibly difficult time, I want to extend my deepest condolences to Tamera\u2019s family, friends, and all those who knew and cared for her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bolden-Cleckley\u2019s body was found by Security Forces patrolling Range Road 234 and Lewis Turner Boulevard.<\/p>\n<p>Federal investigators have not released any additional information and have said that the death remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenior Airman Bolden-Cleckley was a valued member of the 96th Test Wing team, and we extend our deepest condolences to her family, friends, and fellow airmen during this difficult time,\u201d Col. Chris Keithley, commander of the 96th Test Wing, told the station.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Bolden-Cleckley entered the Air Force in 2021 and was assigned to the surgical squadron as a diagnostic imaging specialist, also known as a radiology technician, the outlet said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The body of a 26-year-old military servicewoman was found inside a torched car near Florida\u2019s Eglin Air Force&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[21835,10822,28,30,29,5537,4278],"class_list":["post-412382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-air-force","tag-deaths","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-texas","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}