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Saturday, April 02, 2005

FORT RILEY SOLDIER CHARGED WITH DOUBLE SOLDIER MURDER 
From The AP (via KMBC-TV Kansas City):
A Fort Riley solider will face a court-martial this June for the death of two soldiers in northeast Kansas last fall.

Military officials say Sgt. Aaron Stanley will face two charges of premeditated murder for the deaths of Staff Sgt. Matthew Werner, 30, of Oxnard, Calif., and Spc. Christopher Hymer, 32, of Nevada, Mo.

Stanley is held in Geary County until the court-martial. He's also charged with conspiracy to commit murder, wrongful possession with the intent to distribute marijuana and methamphetamine, wrongful use of meth, absence without leave, violation of an order to restricting him to Fort Riley and adultery.

A second soldier, Sgt. Eric Colvin, also is charged in the shooting deaths and is awaiting further military proceedings.
Posted by: Centrist / 14:23 (Cosmos) |