Soldier charged with murder in sergeant's Missouri death

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A worker has been charged pinch execution in nan death of a chap work personnel astatine Fort Leonard Wood successful Missouri, nan Army announced Thursday.

The Army Office of Special Trial Counsel charged nan 21-year-old Spc. Wooster Rancy connected Wednesday pinch execution and obstructing justness successful nan decease of Sgt. Sarah Roque, 23. Roque — who was from Ligonier, Indiana, and worked arsenic a mine-detecting canine handler — was reported missing Oct. 20. Her assemblage was discovered successful a trash bin connected nan guidelines 2 days later.

Fort Leonard Wood officials said past week that they were investigating Roque's decease arsenic a homicide and that they had taken a personification of liking into custody past Thursday. Officials besides stressed that location was nary broader threat to guidelines unit aliases nan community.

But Army investigators person released fewer different specifications astir what happened, including nan origin of Roque's decease aliases a imaginable motive.

Officials said nan fishy is from North Miami, Florida, and joined nan Army successful 2022. He serves arsenic a combat technologist pinch nan 509th Clearance Company, 5th Engineer Battalion, and conducted basal combat training astatine Fort Leonard Wood. He is being held successful pretrial confinement and is awaiting a preliminary hearing.

Roque enlisted successful 2020. Her awards and decorations see nan Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal and nan Army Service Ribbon. She was a personnel of nan 5th Engineer Battalion and enlisted successful 2020.