The Major in the Kitchen — The Night Wendell Pruitt’s Story Fell Apart
PART 16: A Witness Comes Forward
The civilian investigator assigned to the financial complaints was named Dana Ellis.
I met her only briefly with Miriam present, and she made clear that the investigation belonged to her office, not to my Army position.
“We’re speaking with people who donated, people listed as contractors, and those whose signatures appear on applications,” Ellis said.
“We’ll assess whether there were false representations and whether funds were diverted.
We are not here to adjudicate a family argument.”