Hearing starts Mon for Georgia soldier on charges he killed pregnant wife in plot to build militia
Ga. soldier gets hearing in death of pregnant wife
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Two years after Army Sgt. Deirdre Aguigui died suddenly in the middle of her pregnancy, military prosecutors in southeast Georgia plan to reveal at last why they believe she was killed by her husband, a young soldier accused by civilian authorities of using insurance money from her death to buy weapons for an anti-government militia group.
A military hearing for Pvt. Isaac Aguigui is scheduled to begin Monday at Fort Stewart, where he and his pregnant wife were stationed when she died in July 2011. The Army charged him in April with murder and with causing the death of his unborn child. A hearing officer will weigh evidence presented before advising commanders on whether to seek a court-martial for Aguigui, 21, of Cashmere, Wash.
"We still have never been told anything about how she died," said Regina Ross-Schmid, an Army spouse who befriended Deirdre Aguigui at Fort Stewart. "People want to know what happened. Why did one of their fellow soldiers die with no explanation?"
The Article 32 hearing, similar to a civilian grand jury, is expected to uncover even more twists.
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