Man in viral TikTok wants to clear name, says he didn't help bury body at Camp LeJeune

BUT IF YOU USE FROM THERE,

>> THEY WILL BE ABLE TO FIND

WHERE HE IS. WE WILL CERTAINLY

STAY ON TOP OF THAT BREAKING

NEWS. ALSO NEW TONIGHT, WE'RE

HEARING MORE FROM THE MARINE

SEEN IN A VIRAL TIKTOK VIDEO

IN IT. HE TALKS ABOUT WHAT

APPEARS TO BE HIS ROLE IN

HIDING A BODY AT CAMP LEJEUNE.

WRL'S CHRIS LOVINGOOD WAS ABLE

TO TRACK DOWN THAT MARINE TO

GET HIS SIDE OF THE STORY.

>> IT'S AN INTERVIEW YOU WILL

ONLY SEE ON WRAL. CHRIS, YOU'RE

ONLY NURSE SERGEANT JONATHAN

FAIR SAID WHAT YOU HEARD IN

THAT VIDEO. YES, IT SOUNDS BAD,

BUT A KEY PART OF THE STORY

IS MISSING.

>> NOT THERE IS THAT SERGEANT

JONATHAN FAIR TO SAY WE'RE

GOING TO DO?

>> AND IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH HE'S

CONFESSING TO KNOWING A BODY

IS BURIED AT CAMP LEJEUNE.

>> AND HE HELPED BURY IT.

SO I TRACKED HIM DOWN TO GET

ANSWERS. IT IS A VERY OLD VIDEO

LIKE I WANT TO SAY THE VIDEOS

LIKE 4 YEARS OLD

>> MY HAIR AND THE ON THE BALL.

NOW HIS WORDS FAIR SAYS WHAT

YOU HEARD WAS GROSSLY TAKEN OUT

OF CONTEXT. WE'RE TRACKING ALL

THE WAY HERE, RIGHT?

>> AND IT STARTED A SLIGHT

CHALLENGE. STORIES FOR LIGHT

AND WE'RE LIKE PRIVATE. SOME

LANES WILL HOST A TALK ABOUT

WHAT IT IS. YOU KNOW, YOU SAY

REALLY A SLIGHT REITERATING A

STORY THAT I WAS TOLD THAT

EVERYBODY KNEW IT WAS A JOKE

AND INTIMIDATION TACTIC.

THAT'S ALL THE STORY. AS HE

SAID IN FAIR SAYS IT WASN'T

EVEN HIS STORY. AND THAT'S THE

ONLY THING THAT WAS CUT ACROSS

THE MONEY, WHICH I KNOW WAS

BEING RECORDED. THE VIDEO

CLEARLY IN THE SEA THAT WAS

INTOXICATED. THE VIDEO RECENTLY

MADE THE ROUNDS ON TIKTOK AND

CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF THE

U.S. MARINES WHICH IS NOW

INVESTIGATING.

>> FAIR SAYS HE DID NOTHING

WRONG, BUT THE SITUATION HAS

ALREADY AFFECTED HIM.

>> HE SAYS HE WAS GOING TO GO

TO SCHOOL TO BECOME A DRILL

SERGEANT WITHIN MY 2 DAYS, I

WAS OUTSIDE THAT SCHOOL.

NOW THOSE DROPPED FROM SCHOOL

AND HE SAYS HIS CURRENT WIFE

GOT DRAGGED INTO THIS, TOO.

GOT SAID TO MY SPOUSES, PLAY

SOME WORK WITH THE MESSAGE

SAYING LIKE, HEY, LIKE YOU,

BOY, THIS PERSON IS MARRIED

TO MS.

>> MURDER WAS COMMITTED.

THIS HEINOUS CRIME GOT A GUY.

>> YOU SHOULD NOT EMPLOY THIS

PERSON. WHAT ALL OF THIS HE

SAYS BECAUSE HIS EX-WIFE

RECORDED HIM IN THIS VIDEO AND

IT WOUND UP ONLINE.

>> YOU HEARD MIKE PEREIRA LIKE

YOU'VE HEARD MY LIVELIHOOD LIKE

YOU MAKE ME LOOK LIKE SOMETHING

THAT I DON'T EVER WANT ANYBODY

LOOKING AS

>> JOHN. THE FAIR SAYS HE DOES

PLAN TO GET A LAWYER BECAUSE OF

WHAT'S HAPPENED. AND I DID TRY

TO TRACK DOWN HIS EX-WIFE TO

GET HER TAKE ON THIS. BUT I WAS

A SUCCESSFUL GERALD GOES TO

SHOW YOU WHAT'S POSSIBLE WHEN