Newly released information is shedding light on the investigation into the disappearance and death of Angelina Petra Resendiz, a 21-year-old U.S. Navy sailor who vanished from Naval Station Norfolk in late May and was later found dead.
A fellow sailor, Jermiah Copeland, has now been identified as the suspect detained in connection with the case.
Attorney Marshall Griffin, who represents Resendiz’s mother, Esmeralda Castle, confirmed that Copeland is the individual currently held in pretrial confinement following a June 16 hearing at the Naval Consolidated Brig in Chesapeake, Virginia, as first reported by WAVY…