Sailor sentenced to 44 years after pleading guilty to killing Angelina Resendiz
Copeland pleaded guilty to unpremeditated murder after admitting he strangled Resendiz and moved her body, and he was also convicted on five charges.
- On Tuesday, Seaman Jermiah Copeland was sentenced to 44 years at Leavenworth Federal Prison for the May 2025 murder of Petty Officer Angelina Resendiz, with one year credited for time served.
- Copeland admitted he strangled Resendiz in his barracks after a night of drinking in May 2025, then dumped her body near Naval Station Norfolk, where it was discovered June 9, 2025.
- Pleading guilty to unpremeditated murder and five additional charges including indecent recording, Copeland also admitted to strangling another woman aboard the USS Harry S. Truman in July 2024.
- Esmeralda Castle, Resendiz's mother, stated the sentencing is "not true justice," arguing the Navy failed to prevent the tragedy by ignoring Copeland's history of prior violent offenses.
- Working with the League of United Latin American Citizens, Castle is pushing Congress for systemic accountability, hoping her daughter's story serves as a "catalyst for change" for other service members.
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Navy sailor sentenced to 44 years for strangling fellow servicemember in Virginia barracks room
A Navy sailor who pleaded guilty to strangling a 21-year-old fellow service member inside his barracks room was sentenced Wednesday to 44 years in prison, capping a case that raised questions about missed warning signs.Petty Officer Jermiah Copeland received the sentence at a general court-martial after pleading guilty to unpremeditated murder and related charges in the death of Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Angelina Resendiz, Naval Criminal Inv…
Navy sailor sentenced to 44 years for killing fellow service member Angelina Resendiz in his Virginia barracks room
Jermiah Copeland has been sentenced to 44 years behind bars for the killing of US Navy Petty Officer Angelina Resendiz, after pleading guilty to strangling her in his barracks room when she "started freaking out" over something on his phone.
Navy sailor sentenced to over 40 years in for killing of fellow servicemember
A United States Navy sailor was sentenced Tuesday to more than 40 years in a military prison for the 2025 killing of a fellow sailor in Virginia and then dumping her body in the Atlantic Ocean. A military judge sentenced Seaman Apprentice Jeremiah Copeland to 44 years in confinement at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, after he...
Man who murdered Navy sailor Angelina Resendiz sentenced to 44 years
NORFOLK, Va. — A military judge sentenced Jermiah Copeland on Tuesday to 44 years in federal prison. Prior to sentencing, the 21-year-old apologized to the family of Angelina Resendiz, saying he will spend the rest of his days thinking about…
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