Soldier who told of prison abuse gets death threats, family says

HAGERSTOWN, Md. -- The Army reservist who tipped off investigatorsto abuse of Iraqi prisoners by his fellow soldiers is in protectivemilitary custody because of death threats, family members saidTuesday.

Spc. Joseph M. Darby, 24, received the threats after his role inthe scandal was publicly revealed in May, said his sister-in-law,Maxine Carroll.

Carroll said in a telephone interview from her home in Windber,Pa., that she doesn't know where Darby is, and she refused to put areporter in touch with his wife, Bernadette, who is Carroll's sister.

Darby's …