The Latest: Attorney: Family wants full story on death

COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Latest on the Marine Recruit Death investigation (all times local):

2:30 p.m.

The attorney for relatives of a Parris Island Marine Corps recruit from Michigan who died during basic training in March says they don’t believe they have been told the full story of how their son died.

Attorney Nabih Ayad (nah-BEE AY-yahd) says the Marine Corps hasn’t kept recruit Raheel Siddiqui’s family informed about the case.

The Naval Criminal Investigation Service has said the 20-year-old from Taylor, Michigan, died after falling nearly 40 feet in a stairwell at the installation.

Ayad says the NCIS told the family several weeks ago that its investigation could take up to a year.

On Thursday, the Marine Corps general in charge of education and training said the service is investigating allegations of hazing, assault and physical abuse involving 15 drill instructors at Parris Island.

Maj. Gen. James W. Lukeman says all the Marines under investigation have been assigned to duties that do not involve recruits. That investigation is separate from the NCIS probe.

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11:55 a.m.

The Marine Corps is investigating allegations of hazing, assault and physical abuse involving 15 drill instructors at its Parris Island training installation in South Carolina.

The general in charge of Marine Corps training and education at Quantico, Virginia, said in a statement released Thursday that the allegations stem from an investigation into the death of a Parris Island recruit in March.

The Naval Criminal Investigation Service has said 20-year-old Raheel Siddiqui of Taylor, Michigan, died after falling nearly 40 feet in a stairwell at the installation.

Maj. Gen. James W. Lukeman says all the Marines under investigation have been assigned to duties that do not involve recruits. Parris Island is one of the Marine Corps’ two basic-training installations.