Court Martial Attorney - Sergeant in court for hearing in murder case
The Associated Press
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Defense lawyers and military prosecutors will argue motions Friday in a military courtroom in the case of an Army sergeant on trial for the third time for a triple homicide.
The hearing at Bragg is for the case against Master Sgt. Timothy B. Hennis. He is charged with three counts of premeditated murder in the 1985 stabbing deaths of Kathryn Eastburn, 31, and her two daughters, Erin, 3, and Kara, 5.
Investigators also said Eastburn was raped and a 22-month-old girl left unharmed in her crib. Eastburn’s husband was an Air Force officer attending a training school when the killings happened. Hennis was stationed at Bragg and had bought a dog from the Eastburns.
Hennis, 51, was tried once in state court, convicted and sentenced to death. That conviction was overturned and he was acquitted at a second civilian trial.
Local investigators found DNA evidence that they analyzed again. They said a DNA swab linked him to the deaths and the case was handed to military prosecutors.
Hennis retired in 2004 and was recalled to active duty in 2006 so he could be tried in the military system. State prosecutors couldn’t try him again.
A court martial was tentatively scheduled for July.
Michael Waddington is a court martial lawyer – court martial attorney that defends military personnel worldwide as well as deployed civilian contractors subject to the UCMJ. He defends Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine, Coast Guard, and civilian contractor court martial cases. He has successfully defended military personnel as a court martial lawyer Army Navy Marine & Air Force court martials in Germany, England, Italy, Iraq, Kuwait, Korea, Okinawa, Japan, Yokota, and throughout the United States. military-defense-lawyer-recentcases.htm.
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