LATEST: The soldier who crossed into North Korea 'without authorization' and is in custody in the country was identified as 23-year-old Pvt. Travis King, a U.S. official confirms.
King had finished two months at a South Korean detention facility following an altercation with locals, according to the official.
He was supposed to board a flight and end up in Fort Bliss, Texas, according to the first official. But instead he ended up leaving the terminal for a DMZ tour. It is not clear when he bought a ticket. The military will not publicly identity King until next of kin are notified. While "next of kin notification" is usually associated with the deaths of service members, in this case it's not clear the soldier will ever return from North Korea, so the family notification process works similarly.
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