GI Pleads Guilty to Killing Army Couple
August 24, 2010
Seattle Times
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD -- A 24-year-old woman pleaded guilty Monday to killing two fellow Soldiers and kidnapping their baby in March 2008.
Army Spc. Ivette G. Davila, of Bakersfield, Calif., entered the pleas at the start of her court-martial for the fatal shootings of Staff Sgt. Timothy Miller, 27, and Sgt. Randi Miller, 25, in the couple's Parkland home.
Army prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty against Davila, in exchange for her pleas to two counts of premeditated murder and one count each of kidnapping and obstruction of justice.
A military judge, Col. Stephen R. Henley, accepted the guilty pleas after questioning Davila for nearly three hours. The plea deal means Davila will be sentenced to life in prison, but the sentencing phase of her court-martial will determine whether she will be eligible for parole.
The sentencing phase, which began Monday afternoon, is scheduled to resume Tuesday morning.
Davila shot the couple, poured muriatic acid on their bodies and then kidnapped their 6-month-old daughter, Kassidy, who was found unharmed at a base barracks.
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GI Pleads Guilty to Killing Army Couple
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