Sailor sentenced to 44 years after pleading guilty to killing Angelina Resendiz
He pleaded guilty to unpremeditated murder and related charges, and a military judge said he must serve at least 40 years in confinement.
- On Tuesday, a military judge sentenced Jermiah Copeland to 44 years in prison for the unpremeditated murder of Petty Officer Angelina Resendiz at Naval Station Norfolk.
- Copeland killed Resendiz in the early hours of May 29, 2025, then concealed her body in a black nylon suitcase in his closet before abandoning it in a wooded area near Naval Station Norfolk.
- Pleading guilty to five of seven charges, Copeland admitted to unrelated sexual misconduct aboard the USS Harry S. Truman in July 2024 and lied to NCIS investigators about Resendiz's whereabouts.
- Esmeralda Castle, the mother of Resendiz, said the sentencing represents only one step toward justice, calling for broader military accountability and stating, "Justice is when everyone is safe, and this doesn't happen again."
- Resendiz's family continues lobbying Congress for an independent investigation into military leadership failures, while The Navy denies wrongdoing in its initial response to her disappearance.
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Navy Petty Officer Sentenced to 44 Years for Killing Fellow Service Member
A U.S. Navy Petty Officer was sentenced to 44 years behind bars for strangling fellow service member Angelina Resendiz last year. The post U.S. Navy Petty Officer Sentenced to 44 Years for Strangling Fellow Service Member Angelina Resendiz appeared first on Breitbart.
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A Navy sailor who pleaded guilty to strangling a 21-year-old fellow service member inside his barracks room was sentenced Wednesday to 44 years in prison, capping a case that raised questions about missed warning signs.Petty Officer Jermiah Copeland received the sentence at a general court-martial after pleading guilty to unpremeditated murder and related charges in the death of Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Angelina Resendiz, Naval Criminal Inv…
Navy sailor sentenced to 44 years for killing fellow service member Angelina Resendiz in his Virginia barracks room
Jermiah Copeland has been sentenced to 44 years behind bars for the killing of US Navy Petty Officer Angelina Resendiz, after pleading guilty to strangling her in his barracks room when she "started freaking out" over something on his phone.
Navy sailor sentenced to over 40 years in for killing of fellow servicemember
A United States Navy sailor was sentenced Tuesday to more than 40 years in a military prison for the 2025 killing of a fellow sailor in Virginia and then dumping her body in the Atlantic Ocean. A military judge sentenced Seaman Apprentice Jeremiah Copeland to 44 years in confinement at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, after he...
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