NORFOLK, Va. – Navy prosecutors allege that a fellow sailor killed Angelina Resendiz in his barracks at Naval Station Norfolk, then dumped her body in a wooded area in the city.
In a hearing Thursday morning, prosecutors gave their fullest account yet of the case against Seaman Jermiah T. Copeland. He is accused of killing Resendiz as well as victimizing other sailors in incidents that date back to last year.
Copeland faces eight charges, spanning a year and two separate ships, the USS James E. Williams and USS Harry S. Truman…