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Suspect arrested in the 2001 killing of a pregnant soldier at a former U.S. Army base in Germany
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/suspect-arrested-2001-killing-pregnant-soldier-former-us-army-base-ger-rcna72128Suspect arrested in the 2001 killing of a pregnant soldier at a former U.S. Army base in Germany
Pfc. Amanda Gonzalez was four months pregnant and on her first assignment with the Army when she was found dead in November 2001.
Feb. 24, 2023, 12:54 AM EST
By Tim Stelloh
A former member of the armed forces was arrested Thursday in Florida in the death of a pregnant soldier at a former U.S. Army base in Germany more than two decades ago, authorities said.
Shannon Wilkerson, 42, was charged with one count of first-degree murder in the Nov. 3, 2001, killing of Pfc. Amanda Gonzales, 19, the Department of Justice said in a news release.
Gonzales, who was four months pregnant at the time of her death, was found on Nov. 5 in her third-floor barracks room at Fliegerhorst Kasern, then an Army base near Hanau, Germany, after she failed to report for work, the FBI said.
Gonzales died by asphyxiation, the agency said. She was on her first assignment for the Army and had been assigned to Headquarters Supply Company of the 127th Aviation Support battalion as a cook, the FBI said.
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Pfc. Amanda Gonzalez was four months pregnant and on her first assignment with the Army when she was found dead in November 2001.
Feb. 24, 2023, 12:54 AM EST
By Tim Stelloh
A former member of the armed forces was arrested Thursday in Florida in the death of a pregnant soldier at a former U.S. Army base in Germany more than two decades ago, authorities said.
Shannon Wilkerson, 42, was charged with one count of first-degree murder in the Nov. 3, 2001, killing of Pfc. Amanda Gonzales, 19, the Department of Justice said in a news release.
Gonzales, who was four months pregnant at the time of her death, was found on Nov. 5 in her third-floor barracks room at Fliegerhorst Kasern, then an Army base near Hanau, Germany, after she failed to report for work, the FBI said.
Gonzales died by asphyxiation, the agency said. She was on her first assignment for the Army and had been assigned to Headquarters Supply Company of the 127th Aviation Support battalion as a cook, the FBI said.
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