FACES UP TO LIFE IN PRISON
In early May, a Florida jury convicted SLW (43) of beating and strangling a pregnant 19-year-old soldier in her barracks room at a US Army base in Hanau, Germany, back on November 3, 2001.
Convicted of second-degree murder, SLW is scheduled to be sentenced on August 8, 2024, and faces up to life in prison.
In a written statement, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri, head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division noted that, “The defendant violently beat and murdered Amanda Gonzales—a fellow soldier who was pregnant at the time—at a U.S. Army base in Germany in 2001 …. His conviction yesterday, more than two decades later, is a testament to the Justice Department’s unrelenting pursuit of justice. Many dedicated law enforcement officers and prosecutors persisted for years, pursuing every available lead and never wavering in their search for evidence to hold the victim’s killer to account for his heinous crime.”
Bet he wished he could have killed that investigation.
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USDOJ PRESS RELEASE ~ 05.07.24