US navy member sentenced to 44 years in prison for killing female sailor

Jermiah Copeland had admitted killing Angelina Resendiz, attacking another sailor and illegally recording another Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email A member of the US navy has been ordered to spend 44 years in federal prison after admitting that he fatally strangled a fellow sailor in his barracks room, violently squeezed the neck of a second woman onboard an aircraft carrier and illegally made secret video recordings of a third, including while they were being intimate. Meanwhile, the family of the petty officer whom Jermiah Copeland acknowledged murdering, Angelina Resendiz, has called for reforms within the armed forces meant to better protect women serving in the military. Aspects of Resendiz’s slaying evoke the case of the US army soldier Vanessa Guillén, whose 2020 murder at a Texas base prompted the military to overhaul its policies against sexual assault and harassment. According to the US Naval Institute (USNI), an independent, non-profit watchdog, Resendiz was last known to be alive in her barracks room at Virginia’s Naval Station Norfolk. Investigators found her body two weeks later in woods about 10 miles (16km) from the base. They came to suspect Copela