Airman to face military court

The murder victim had been scheduled to testify in a larceny case.
KEFLAVIK, Iceland (AP) -- A Warren, Ohio, airman will face a court-martial in the killing of a U.S. servicewoman scheduled to testify him against him in another case, a U.S. Air Force spokesman said Monday.
Air Force Airman Calvin Eugene Hill, 20, has been in military custody in Mannheim, Germany, since last summer. He was charged with murder in February in the death of Airman 1st Class Ashley Turner, 20, of the 56th Rescue Squadron.
Hill is a 2003 graduate of Warren G. Harding High School.
Air Command Europe commander Lt. Gen. Robert D. Bishop Jr. has decided there is enough evidence in the case to pursue a murder charge by court-martial, U.S. Air Force spokeswoman Lt. Col. Angela Billings said.
If found guilty of murder, Hill could face life imprisonment or the death penalty under military law.
A pretrial investigative hearing held three weeks ago in Iceland was told the court-martial will be held at the Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, D.C. No date for the hearing has been announced.
What happened
Turner, of Frederick, Md., died in a hospital in August after she was found unconscious with head and neck injuries in a dormitory she shared with Hill on the U.S. Naval Air Station in Keflavik, Iceland.
She had been expected to testify against Hill, who faced charges of larceny, wrongful appropriation, making false official statements and absence without leave.
Fred Ewell Jr., the Naval Criminal Investigative Service agent heading the investigation, said at the earlier investigative hearing that forensic reports showed a drop of blood found on Hill's shoelace matched Turner's DNA.
Hill will face court martial for the earlier charges brought against him, including obstruction of justice.
The U.S. military is due to end its permanent operations in Iceland by October.