Female Fort Bragg soldier stabbed near home, husband and other soldier charged

Bragg soldier fatally stabbed near home

The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Oct 3, 2008 8:02:17 EDT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Police say a female soldier was killed as she and her husband walked near their home. It marks the third such case this year in the city next to Fort Bragg.

The Fayetteville Observer reported Friday that 29-year-old Sgt. Christina E. Smith was stabbed to death while walking with her husband, Sgt. Richard D. Smith.

Richard Smith said an attacker stabbed his wife in the neck about 9 p.m. Tuesday and fled as the soldier went after her attacker.

Neighbors said they heard a woman screaming and saw Christina Smith lying in a pool of blood. Witnesses and the husband were questioned Wednesday, but police said they have released few details. Fort Bragg officials identified the victim Thursday.
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UPDATE
Police allege murder-for-hire in sgt. stabbing2 soldiers charged in Bragg death
By Estes Thompson - The Associated PressPosted : Friday Oct 3, 2008 12:05:54 EDT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — The husband of a female soldier found stabbed to death near her home was arrested Friday and charged with murder along with a second man authorities say was hired to kill the woman.
The death of 29-year-old Sgt. Christina E. Smith was the third off-post killing of a Fort Bragg servicewoman in four months, stunning a tight military community that was still seeking to come to grips with the earlier deaths.
“For me, I was thinking, ‘No, gosh, not another one,’” said Fayetteville police spokeswoman Theresa Chance.
Sgt. Richard Smith, 26, was charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder, Chance said. Pfc. Mathew Kvapil, 18, faces the same charges, and Chance said he was hired by Smith to kill the wife as the couple walked together Tuesday evening.
Smith, who was treated for minor injuries, initially reported that an attacker stabbed his wife in the neck and fled as the soldier ran after him. Neighbors said they heard a woman screaming and saw Christina Smith in a pool of blood.
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