This is the sweathog that Marine got killed for, my dog wouldn't do that POS!
Posted on 10/23/2006 5:09:14 PM PDT by Kaslin
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - A sailor pleaded guilty Monday to abducting and killing a Marine corporal he thought had been involved in a gang rape. The rape turned out to be a lie, but the truth surfaced too late.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Cooper Jackson, 23, pleaded guilty Monday to premeditated murder, kidnapping, impersonating a Naval Criminal Investigative Service agent and obstruction of justice in connection with the death of Cpl. Justin L. Huff, 23.
In exchange for his guilty plea, prosecutors agreed to spare him a possible death sentence.
Federal agents had testified at his Article 32 hearing, the military equivalent of a grand jury investigation, that Jackson had been fooled into falling in love with a woman who called herself Samantha and made up a story about being raped by servicemen.
"Samantha" turned out to be Ashley Elrod, a 22-year-old hotel clerk on North Carolina's Outer Banks, who testified that she lied about being raped. She said she "might have" told Jackson that one of the Marines was named Huff or Huffman, and she said Jackson called her after Huff was killed. Elrod has not been charged.
During his court-martial, Jackson told the Navy judge how he posed as an NCIS agent and took Huff to North Carolina to get information about the purported rape. He said he then slit Huff's throat and buried the body to avoid being caught.
"I'd broken several laws and I had a missing Marine with me," Jackson said at his hearing Monday. "Quite frankly, I was scared of the consequences of what would happen, of being caught, more so than I was of the consequences of taking his life."
If the judge accepts the plea, Jackson could be sentenced to life in prison with or without the possibility of parole, said his lawyer, Don Marcari. The sentencing phase was to begin Tuesday.
Huff, 23, of Indianapolis, was reported missing Jan. 2 after he didn't show up for class at the Navy and Marine Corps Intelligence Training Center in Virginia Beach, where Jackson also was a student.
Agents said Jackson, of Boones Mill, confessed when they questioned him Jan. 12. The next day, he led agents to Huff's body in a wooded area in Currituck County, N.C., just south of the Virginia-North Carolina border.
They are both so damm dumb. I hope that girl gets boils. Leprosy, stds.
It is indeed very sad.
I really do wish that women would not make up stories about rape. It is a topic not to lie about.
This is the sweathog that Marine got killed for, my dog wouldn't do that POS!
Golly, is that really a picture of her?
Yes it sure is.I'll be back with a video link.
http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=5570329&nav=23ii
It's the second one down
It fills me with dread that the moron was going to Intelligence School.
Gasp! Groan! No ... have mercy. Not a video of her as well!
This murderer must be such a dumbbell. My heart goes out to the dead man's family.
I guess Jackson didn't get his rid of his sea legs yet, or his sea eyes. Yikes!
To be fair, the camera adds ten pounds.
This is very odd, I can't find a photo of Jackson anywhere.
After seein' the photo I think Jackson DESERVES death.
so just how many cameras did they have on that woman? :)
What complete wastes of DNA.
jealousy over THAT?!?
She maybe could be sued by the family for defamation... she'll never see a jail.
Jackson had been fooled into falling in love with a woman who called herself Samantha <<<
That's a whole lot of foolin'. How did he manage not to pass out before reaching the required beer intoxication level... what - three, no four kegs on an empty stomach?
Apparently the sailor never met her but talked to her on the phone and probably email. He should just hang himself now that he knows. Not only did he kill an innocent man, but he killed him over that "thing".
Sounds like she enticed him to commit a crime. He committed the crime and should be put down for his actions, but she should also pay the price.
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