Iraq vet, John Wylie Needham charged with murder

Iraq war veteran charged with girlfriend's murder
Karen Tapia-Andersen / Los Angeles Times
John Wylie Needham appeared in Santa Ana Superior Court, where he was charged with murder.
John Wylie Needham was arrested Monday at his San Clemente condo, where his girlfriend, Jacqwelyn Joann Villagomez, was found severely beaten. He is being held on $1 million bail.
By Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
11:10 AM PDT, September 3, 2008
An Iraq war veteran accused of beating his girlfriend to death in his San Clemente condo was charged this morning with murder.

John Wylie Needham, 25, was arrested late Monday by Orange County sheriff's deputies, who found his 19-year-old girlfriend, Jacqwelyn Joann Villagomez, in his bedroom severely beaten. She died a few hours later.
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