Private travis king left the other 43 tourists behind and ran straight into north korean territory where he is currently detained. A senior defense official told fox news that King had just finished about two months in south korean detention facility following a physical altercation with locals after king was arrested. After his release on july 10th private king was scheduled to travel home on day to fort bliss texas where he could have faced additional military discipline including discharge from the service. Instead he quote willfully and without authorization cross the military demarcation line into the democratic people's republic of Korea according to a u.s. forces korea spokesperson lezli said they stepped further than many by visiting the joint security