Shannon Wilkerson arrested in the 2001 killing of pregnant soldier, Amanda Gonzales, 19, at a former U.S. Army base in Germany

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Suspect arrested in 2001 killing of a pregnant soldier at a former U.S. Army base in Germany

Pfc. Amanda Gonzalez was four months pregnant and on her first assignment with the Army when she was found dead in November 2001.

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Suspect arrested in 2001 killing of a pregnant soldier at a former U.S. Army base in Germany

Pfc. Amanda Gonzalez was four months pregnant and on her first assignment with the Army when she was found dead in November 2001.

www.nbcnews.com

Thank you for the update! Extremely tragic I’m glad there’s finally an arrest. I hope she and her baby can rest a little easier now that he won’t be a danger to the public anymore, he no longer will have his freedom, his loved ones know what he did, and he’s facing Earthly justice before escaping the world. Rest in peace Amanda & baby.

 

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Former Army member charged with 2001 murder of pregnant soldier in Germany

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- A former member of the U.S. Army is in Escambia County Jail charged with the murder of a pregnant 19-year-old soldier at a former U.S. Army

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February 24th 2023

"A former member of the U.S. Army is in Santa Rosa County Jail charged with the murder of a pregnant 19-year-old soldier at a former U.S. Army base in Germany in 2001.

Shannon Wilkerson of Andalusia, Alabama, was arrested Thursday afternoon and booked into Santa Rosa County Jail without bond. He is charged with one count of first-degree murder.

The State Attorney's Office says Wilkerson, 42, is charged with the murder of Amanda Gonzales on November 3, 2001, at Fliegerhorst Kaserne -- then a U.S. Army base in Hanau, Germany."

 

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Shannon L. Wilkerson, 42, is charged with first-degree murder in the Nov. 3, 2001 death of Pfc. Amanda Gonzales, of Texas, at Fliegerhorst Kaserne, then an Army base in Hanau, Germany, the Justice Department said. Wilkerson was a soldier at the time before he was later discharged from active duty in 2004.

At the time of her death, Gonzales served as a cook in the Headquarters Supply Company of the 127th Aviation Support battalion.

A motive for the killing has not been disclosed. Wilkerson faces life in prison if convicted.

US Army veteran charged in cold case murder of pregnant soldier in Germany

US Army Pfc. Amanda Gonzales, of Texas, was four months pregnant at the time she was killed.

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Murdered or Missing: The Army Stands Up a Cold Case Unit to Tackle Unsolved Crimes

 

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More of the lengthy press release at link.
May 7, 2024

Man Convicted in Cold Case Murder on Military Base in Germany

A federal jury in Pensacola, Florida, convicted a former U.S. Army soldier yesterday for the murder of a pregnant, 19-year-old fellow soldier on a U.S. Army base in Germany more than 22 years ago.

www.justice.gov

''According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, on Nov. 3, 2001, Shannon L. Wilkerson, 43, beat and strangled Amanda Gonzales to death in her barracks room at Fliegerhorst Kaserne, then a U.S. Army base in Hanau, Germany. Wilkerson was a member of the U.S. Armed Forces at the time of the offense but was later discharged.

“The defendant violently beat and murdered Amanda Gonzales—a fellow soldier who was pregnant at the time—at a U.S. Army base in Germany in 2001,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri, head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “His conviction yesterday, more than two decades later, is a testament to the Justice Department’s unrelenting pursuit of justice. Many dedicated law enforcement officers and prosecutors persisted for years, pursuing every available lead and never wavering in their search for evidence to hold the victim’s killer to account for his heinous crime.”

 

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By John Vandiver October 28, 2024 rbbm.

Veteran receives 30-year prison term for cold-case killing of pregnant soldier in Germany

An Army veteran killed a pregnant female soldier at a U.S. Army base in Germany in November 2001. After the case being unsolved for years, Shannon Wilkerson, is finally being sentenced to 30 years in prison.

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Shannon L. Wilkerson, right, was sentenced Oct. 24, 2024, to 30 years in prison for the murder of 19-year-old Amanda Gonzales, a fellow soldier, Nov. 3, 2001, at Fliegerhorst Kaserne, then a U.S. Army base in Hanau, Germany. (U.S. Army; Escambia County Jail)
''An American veteran who was serving at a since-closed U.S. Army base in Germany when he killed a female fellow soldier two decades ago was sentenced to 30 years in prison, according to the Justice Department.

Shannon L. Wilkerson, 44, was convicted in May of second-degree murder in the death of Amanda Gonzales, 19. His sentencing was Thursday in federal court in Florida, the DOJ said in a statement the same day.''

''Evidence introduced at trial indicated that Wilkerson, who was married to another soldier at the time, feared that he was the father of Gonzales’ unborn child and that his infidelity would damage his military career, the Justice Department said.''