Posted on 01/31/2006 5:48:19 AM PST by robowombat
3rd Infantry soldier gets 20 years in colleague's slaying
COLUMBUS, Ga. A Fort Benning soldier was sentenced to 20 years in prison today for his role in the slaying of a fellow infantryman. The murder took place just days after they returned from Iraq following the 2003 assault on Baghdad.
Jacob Burgoyne pleaded guilty January 20th to voluntary manslaughter and robbery in the July 2003 stabbing of Specialist Richard Davis of Missouri.
The 26-year-old member of the 3rd Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade testified for the state last week against fellow Private First Class Mario Navarrete and Alberto Martinez. Both were convicted of murder and sentenced to life.
The trio and Private First Class Douglas Woodcoff of San Antonio, Texas, returned from a tour in Iraq a day before the murder. They were drinking during their night out in Columbus, when Burgoyne and Davis got into a fight upon leaving a nightclub. That's according to testimony. Woodcoff's only charge is concealing the death of a person.
California native Martinez drove to a wooded area and stabbed Davis more than 33 times. The soldiers then burned Davis' body.
Good. 'Nuff said....now go move those rocks from there, to over there and repeat until I get tired.
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