Navy culinary specialist gets 44-year prison term for murder, sexual assault, and covert recordings

A Navy culinary specialist, 21-year-old Jermiah Copeland, was sentenced to 44 years in federal prison after admitting to the murder of fellow sailor Angelina Resendiz, strangling her in his barracks room, concealing her body for days and discarding it in nearby woods; he also admitted to strangling another woman aboard the USS Harry S. Truman and secretly recording a third during intimacy, and pleaded guilty to unpremeditated murder and making a false official statement, with additional charges of aggravated assault by strangulation and indecent recording. He will be dishonorably discharged, demoted, and must register as a sex offender. Resendiz's family has called for reforms to better protect women in the military, echoing concerns raised by the Vanessa Guillén case.