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Fort Carson Soldier To Stand Trial In MySpace Slaying
Soldier Met Teen Online
POSTED: 4:41 am MDT April 29, 2009
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- A judge has ordered a Fort Carson soldier to stand trial for first-degree murder in the death of a woman whose throat was slashed after she was bound and gagged in the foothills west of Colorado Springs. Judge Larry E. Schwartz also said Spc. Robert Hull Marko must face charges of first-degree kidnapping and sex assault on a child in an abduction involving a 14-year-old girl that allegedly happened five days before the Oct. 10 slaying. Tuesday's ruling followed two days of testimony in a preliminary hearing in El Paso County District Court.
Marko, a 21-year-old Iraq war veteran, is accused of killing 19-year-old Judilianna "Judi" Lawrence, whose naked body was found in a wooded area after a four-day search. Marko allegedly told investigators that he cut the woman's throat after the two had sex. Prosecutors said Marko befriended Lawrence on MySpace and eventually led authorities to her body in the forest west of Colorado Springs.
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Previous Stories:
- January 30, 2009: Child Porn Found At Home Of Soldier Accused Of Murder
- December 1, 2008: Fort Carson Soldier In Court In MySpace Slaying
- October 28, 2008: Soldier Charged In Teen's Murder
- October 17, 2008: Salazar Asks Army To Investigate Soldiers Involved In Homicides
- October 17, 2008: Slaying Suspect Mother Says Son Should Get Death Penalty
- October 15, 2008: Carson Soldier Cut Woman's Throat After Sex, Affidavit Says
- October 14, 2008: Missing Woman's Body Found; Soldier Arrested
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