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Female Soldier Stabbed to Death Near Fort Bragg Military Base, Husband Arrested
Friday, October 03, 2008

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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — The husband of a female soldier found stabbed to death near her home was arrested Friday as authorities investigated the third killing of a Fort Bragg servicewoman in four months.

Sgt. Richard Smith, 26, has been charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder, Fayetteville police said, adding a second man, Pfc. Mathew Kvapil, 18, also was arrested on identical charges.

Sgt. Christina E. Smith, 29, was killed Tuesday evening as she walked with her husband, Fayetteville police spokeswoman Teresa Chance said. Smith, who was later treated for minor injuries, told police an attacker stabbed his wife in the neck and fled as the soldier ran after him.

Neighbors said they heard a woman screaming and saw Christina Smith lying in a pool of blood.

Police said witnesses and the husband were questioned Wednesday, but police have released few details.

Fort Bragg officials said the Smiths both were assigned to an Army special operations unit. She was a graphics illustrator in Company A, 5th Battalion, 4th Psychological Operations Group. She is survived by her husband and her parents, Katherine and Steven Loehrke of Mount Orab, Ohio, the Army added.

Smith's death follows the killings of Spc. Megan Touma, 23, and 2nd Lt. Holley Wimunc, 24. In the previous cases, the female soldiers were killed off post under different circumstances.

Touma, who was seven months pregnant, was found dead last June in a Fayetteville motel bathtub. Sgt. Edgar Patino, 27, the father of the unborn child, was charged with her death on July 29.

On July 10, Wimunc was reported missing from her apartment. The Army nurse's body was found three days later by crews fighting a brush fire near North Carolina's Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base. Wimunc's estranged husband, Marine Cpl. John Wimunc of Camp Lejeune, was arrested July 14. Lance Cpl. Kyle Alden was charged with aiding John Wimunc by destroying evidence and providing a false alibi.

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Autopsy: Pregnant soldier had been asphyxiated
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – An autopsy report says a pregnant soldier found dead in a Fayetteville motel room in June likely died of asphyxiation.

The report says Megan Touma's body was in a state of moderate to advanced decomposition when found on June 21 fully submerged in a bathtub in her motel room. The 23-year-old Touma, a dental specialist, arrived at Fort Bragg on June 12 from a base in Germany.

Autopsy findings also show hemorrhage consistent with blunt force injury, which could mean Touma was strangled.

Fayetteville police say 27-year-old Sgt. Edgar Patino, of Hope Mills, was the father of Touma's unborn baby. He has been charged with first-degree murder. Investigators said Touma and the married Patino began a relationship while stationed in Germany.



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