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LISA
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Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:43 pm |
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Female Soldier Missing as Fort Bragg Apartment Burns
Female Soldier Missing as Fort Bragg Apartment Burns in Possible Arson Case
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Associated Press
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Authorities were searching Thursday for a female soldier who was missing after a suspicious fire burned her apartment near Fort Bragg.
The soldier has not been identified while police tried to reach her family and find out if anyone knew where she was, police said.
The Thursday morning blaze is being investigated as an arson and missing persons case, Police Capt. David Houp said.
Police said the soldier was assigned to Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg, which is home to the 82nd Airborne Division.
The fire was reported about 9 a.m. by residents who said they smelled gas. No body was found inside the apartment, which was only burned on the inside. Police discovered a broken window and evidence of fire in two bedrooms. There was no scorching outside.
State and federal arson investigators were assisting police at the scene, which was blocked off by yellow tape. Other residents in the apartment building were evacuated because of fire concerns.
The fire comes three weeks after the body of another female Fort Bragg soldier, Spc. Megan Touma, was discovered in a motel nearby. The pregnant soldier had been missing several days.
Houp said there was no connection between the missing soldier and Houma's death.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,380123,00.html
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Second Missing Ft. Bragg Soldier Is Divorcing Husband
Friday, July 11, 2008
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A missing 24-year old soldier from Fort Bragg whose apartment was found burned this week is going through a divorce with her husband, police said Friday.
Col. Terry Walters, the commander of 2nd Lt. Holley Wimunc of Lafayette, La., said in a statement that staff at Womack Army Medical Center, where Wimunc worked, was "very concerned about her safety."
The Fayetteville Observer reported that Wimunc had filed a domestic violence complaint against her husband two months ago.
Wimunc, assigned to Fort Bragg's Charlie Company at Womack, filed papers on May 19 that resulted in a temporary restraining order against 23-year-old John Patrick Wimunc. John Wimunc got drunk, held a loaded handgun to her head and his head, Holley wrote in the complaint.
It was not immediately clear if Wimunc had an attorney.
Officials responded to a call about the strong odor of gasoline at the Morganton Place Apartments in Fayetteville and found a smoldering fire that had burned two bedrooms. Police are calling it an arson and missing person's investigation.
Wimunc's car was still in the parking lot when police arrived. The Fayetteville Observer said police towed the car to examine it.
"Right now we're still processing a crime scene of arson where she lived at," said Fayetteville Police Department Lt. David Sportsman. "Yesterday we were contacting family and friends to see if anybody knew where she was at before we released the information today. We wanted to make sure she wasn't somewhere else."
Wimunc arrived at Fort Bragg in August 2007, base officials said.
Also Friday, authorities said a second autopsy of a pregnant Fort Bragg soldier found dead in a Fayetteville motel June 21 confirms she was the victim of a homicide. Army Spc. Megan Touma, 23, of Cold Spring, Ky., was found June 21 in the bathroom of a motel room after a maintenance supervisory smelled a four odor coming from her room. The cause of her death hasn't been released.
The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology conducted the second autopsy at the request of Fayetteville police and military investigations.
Holley Wimunc
Holley Wimunc in an undated photo.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,380901,00.html
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| gwen
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Missing Ft. Bragg Soldier Filed Court Order Against Woman for Alleged Online Harassment
Saturday, July 12, 2008
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A missing 24-year-old soldier from Fort Bragg whose apartment was found burned this week had sought court protection from an Illinois woman who allegedly tried to "embarrass" her and her husband online, FOX News has learned.
The soldier, 2nd Lt. Holley Wimunc of Lafayette, La., was granted a "no contact" order last year against Lindsay Hunter of Avon, Ill., by a North Carolina judge.
Wimunc wrote in court documents that Hunter repeatedly had posted photographs of herself and Wimunc's Marine husband, John Patrick Wimunc, on the Internet with comments, and that Hunter had been harassing the couple.
It wasn't clear how Hunter and the Wimuncs knew each other, if at all. A Raleigh TV station reported that it had reached Hunter by phone, but she had declined to comment.
Holley Wimunc, assigned to Fort Bragg's Charlie Company at Womack, also filed court papers about two months ago alleging domestic violence on the part of her husband, whom she was divorcing at the time of her disappearance.
Wimunc's complaint resulted in a temporary restraining order against her 23-year-old husband.
John Wimunc had gotten drunk, held a loaded handgun to her head and his head, choked her and threatened to kill himself and her, Holley Wimunc wrote in the complaint.
Police have interviewed John Wimunc, but he has not been named as a suspect in his wife's disappearance.
Col. Terry Walters, Wimunc's commander, said in a statement Friday that staff at Womack Army Medical Center, where Wimunc worked, was "very concerned about her safety."
Officials responded to a call about the strong odor of gasoline at the Morganton Place Apartments in Fayetteville and found a smoldering fire that had burned two bedrooms. Police are calling it an arson and missing person's investigation.
Wimunc's car was still in the parking lot when police arrived. The Fayetteville Observer said police towed the car to examine it.
"Right now we're still processing a crime scene of arson where she lived at," said Fayetteville Police Department Lt. David Sportsman. "Yesterday we were contacting family and friends to see if anybody knew where she was at before we released the information today. We wanted to make sure she wasn't somewhere else."
Wimunc arrived at Fort Bragg in August 2007, base officials said.
Also Friday, authorities said a second autopsy of a pregnant Fort Bragg soldier found dead in a Fayetteville motel June 21 confirms she was the victim of a homicide. Army Spc. Megan Touma, 23, of Cold Spring, Ky., was found June 21 in the bathroom of a motel room after a maintenance supervisory smelled a four odor coming from her room. The cause of her death hasn't been released.
The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology conducted the second autopsy at the request of Fayetteville police and military investigations.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,381274,00.html
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| LISA
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Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:01 am |
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DA: Remains Found Near Camp Lejeune May Be Missing GI Holley Wimunc
Monday , July 14, 2008
Associated Press
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. —
Onslow County District Attorney Dewey Hudson says burned remains found near Camp Lejeune may be those of a missing officer at Fort Bragg.
Division of Forest Resources personnel found the burned remains of a woman late Sunday afternoon in the Sneads Ferry area near Camp Lejeune. Sheriff Ed Brown says the fire appears to have been set to cover up a crime.
Army 2nd Lt. Holley Wimunc has been missing since Thursday after a fire was set at her apartment in Fayetteville. She is a nurse married to Marine Cpl. John Patrick Wimunc, based at Camp Lejeune. The couple is going through a divorce.
Hudson says the body was burned before the brush fire. Brown says the site was guarded overnight and forensic experts with the FBI would remove the remains Monday.
Fayetteville police questioned Cpl. Wimunc last week.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,381581,00.html
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Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:18 am |
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Remains Found Near Camp Lejeune That of Missing GI
Monday , July 14, 2008
FOXNEWS
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. —
Burned remains found near Camp Lejeune are that of a missing North Carolina officer, the soldier's family confirmed to FOX News on Monday.
The charred body of Army 2nd Lt. Holley Wimunc, 24, was found late Sunday in the Sneads Ferry area. She had been missing since Thursday after a fire was set at her Fayetteville apartment.
"It is with profound sadness that our family just received the news from authorities that our beloved daughter Holley is dead," Wimunc's father Jesse James said in a statement. "Since last Thursday's shocking news about Holley's burned apartment and her missing person status, our family through the country has nonetheless been holding on to a thin thread of hope that she would be found alive. Today, that thread of hope broke as her body was discovered."
Division of Forest Resources personnel found the burned remains of a woman late Sunday afternoon in the Sneads Ferry area near Camp Lejeune. Sheriff Ed Brown says the fire appears to have been set to cover up a crime.
Wimunc was a nurse married to Marine Cpl. John Patrick Wimunc, based at Camp Lejeune. The couple was going through a divorce when the woman disappeared.
Fayetteville police questioned Cpl. Wimunc last week.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,381581,00.html
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| SavannahStar
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Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:24 am |
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Oh boy.....this is so strange....with Lauterbach, Touma, and now this one. 
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| LISA
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Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:45 am |
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I agree, it is, and all were so young. Lauterbach was 20, Touma was 23, both of those were pregnant. Now, Wimunc, she is 24 and I wonder if it's going to turn up that she was pregnant too.
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| LISA
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Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:16 am |
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Husband of dead Fort Bragg nurse charged with arson
Sneads Ferry, N.C. — Authorities have charged the Marine husband of a dead Fort Bragg nurse with first-degree arson for setting the couple's apartment on fire.
John Wimunc was being held in the Cumberland County Jail. One of his fellow Marines was also charged with arson.
The father of Army 2nd Lt. Holley Wimunc told WRAL Monday morning that authorities have told him his daughter is dead.
"Since last Thursday's shocking news about Holley's burned apartment and her missing person status, our family throughout the country has nonetheless been holding on to a thin thread of hope that she would be found alive," said Jesse James. "Today, that thread of hope broke as her body was discovered."
Crews fighting a brush fire Sunday found charred human remains, and investigators said they suspected they are those of Holley Wimunc, of Dubuque, Iowa.
Crews found the remains off Old Folkstone Road, near Chadwick Acres Road in Sneads Ferry, near Camp Lejeune.
"At the end of this journey of sadness, we wish to thank the many, many people who have assisted us so quickly and competently in the search," James said. "We are grateful to those people ... around the country for their prayers for her safe return. Those prayers and support will help us to make it through this impossibly tough time."
Holley Wimunc was declared missing on Thursday after a fire was set at her apartment near Fort Bragg. The 24-year-old worked as a nurse at Womack Army Medical Center.
Holley Wimunc was going through a divorce from her husband. Fayetteville police and State Bureau of Investigation agents spoke with him last week during their investigation.
Officials responded to a call Thursday about the strong odor of gasoline at the Morganton Place Apartments in Fayetteville and found a smoldering fire that had burned two bedrooms.
"I feel confident that this case will end in an arrest," Onslow County District Attorney Dewey Hudson said. He later added that there could be more than one arrest.
Wimunc arrived at Fort Bragg in August 2007, post officials said.
John Wimunc's mug shot
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/3200960/
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Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:16 am |
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A fellow marine, Kyle Alden, was arrested on the same charge, WRAL.com reported.
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| SideTracked
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Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:11 am |
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Sad, sad, sad!
Other than the info in the article above where the 2nd autopsy on Megan Touma affirms her death as homicide, has there been any other news in that case? I haven't been able to find much.
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| gwen
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Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:21 am |
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Ft. Bragg Soldier Missing Under Suspicious Circumstancesby Jonathan Serrie
MONDAY 10:30
Here’s how the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office described the crime scene. Quoting from a press release:
“Once arriving at the location and viewing the scene and remains, it immediately became a flashback account of the Maria (Lauterbach) murder… Paraphernalia around the charred remains gave investigators strong suspicions this was the missing Army Lieutenant female missing from Fayetteville, North Carolina.”
Authorities said while they have yet to make a positive identification on the body, they informed the missing soldier’s family to “prevent them from being shocked by any media report that might indicate otherwise.”
MONDAY 10:05 AM
The husband of missing Ft. Bragg soldier Holley Wimunc has been arrested and charged with first-degree arson in connection with last week’s fire at her apartment in Fayetteville, NC.
John Wimunc is a Marine stationed at Camp Lejeune. Authorities have also charged another Marine, 22-year-old Kyle Ryan Alden. Both are being held in the Cumberland County jail in Fayetteville, NC, near Ft. Bragg.
MONDAY 8:45 AM
We’re en route to Onslow County, NC, where authorities say they found the remains of a woman in a brush fire late Sunday afternoon.
Raleigh TV station WRAL reports it received a written statement this morning from Jesse James, the father of missing Ft. Bragg Soldier Holley Wimunc, announcing that his daughter was dead. Quoting James’s statement from WRAL.com:
Since last Thursday’s shocking news about Holley’s burned apartment and her missing person status, our family through the country has nonetheless been holding on to a thin thread of hope that she would be found alive. Today, that thread of hope broke as her body was discovered.
Onslow County is home to Camp Lejeune.
http://onthescene.blogs.foxnews.com/author/jonathanserrie/
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| gwen
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Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:36 am |
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| SideTracked wrote: | Sad, sad, sad!
Other than the info in the article above where the 2nd autopsy on Megan Touma affirms her death as homicide, has there been any other news in that case? I haven't been able to find much. |
I haven't either. Nothing since the first week of July. 
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Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:56 pm |
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Missing Nurse's Marine Husband Charged With Murder
Cpl. John Wimunc Charged With Murder After Police Find Charred Remains of Missing Wife
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN
July 14, 2008
A Marine arrested at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina was charged today with murdering his estranged wife, an Army nurse who disappeared four days ago and whose charred remains police believe they found Sunday in a brush fire near the base.
Cpl. John Patrick Wimunc, 23, a Marine stationed at Camp Lejeune, was arrested around 4:30 p.m. Sunday and initially charged with arson for a fire that burned through Lt. Holley Wimunc's Fayetteville, N.C., apartment on Thursday, the day she went missing.
Police are awaiting a medical examiner's report to confirm publicly that the body found near Camp Lejeune, some 130 miles from Fayetteville, belonged to the nurse, but investigators said they have strong suspicions it is her and a family member said police had told them it was her.
Fayetteville Police Chief Tom Bergamine told reporters that investigators would need to conduct more tests to confirm the identity of the body, but hinted they suspected it was Wimunc.
Police said evidence suggested that the body had been first burned in the Fayetteville fire and was then brought to the outskirts of the base in an effort to further destroy the evidence.
"I can say with great certainty she was killed here in Fayetteville," Bergamine said.
Bergamine would not suggest a motive in the murder, though the couple was reportedly in the midst of a bitter divorce and Holley had procured a restraining order against her husband.
John Patrick Wimunc and codefendant Kyle Ryan Alden, 22, were arrested Sunday afternoon and initially charged with arson in relation to the Fayetteville apartment fire.
On Monday, police charged Wimunc with first degree murder and Alden with conspiracy to commit murder.
Police said the remains of the discovered woman were so badly burned she could not be identified by sight alone.
Though police said they must await official confirmation of the victim's identity to make a public statement, Holley Wimunc's father said in a statement this morning that police told him that his daughter's remains had been found.
"It is with profound sadness that our family just received the news from authorities that our beloved daughter Holley is dead," Jesse James, of Dubuque, Iowa, said in the statement.
"Since last Thursday's shocking news about Holley's burned apartment and her missing person status, our family through the country has nonetheless been holding on to a thin thread of hope that she would be found alive," James said. "Today, that thread of hope broke as her body was discovered."
John Wimunc and Alden were being held at the Cumberland County Detention Center and are scheduled to appear in court Tuesday, Debbie Smith, a spokeswoman for the county sheriff, told ABCNews.com.
John Wimunc is being held on $500,000 bail and Alden on $250,000 bail, she said.
Division of Forest Resources personnel found the burned human remains when they responded to a fire in the Sneads Ferry area near the southern border of Camp Lejeune late Sunday afternoon, according to The Associated Press.
Onslow County Sheriff Ed Brown said in a statement that the brush fire in which the human remains were found appeared to have been set in an effort to cover up the crime.
"Paraphrenalia around the charred remains gave investigators strong suspicions this was the missing Army lieutenant female missing from Fayetteville," Brown said.
Police have been searching for Holley Wimunc since Thursday, when she failed to show up for her nursing job at Fort Bragg's military hospital maternity ward and a fire was found in her apartment.
Authorities quickly ruled that the fire had been intentionally set with the help of an accelerant, Lt. David Sportsman, spokesman for the Fayetteville Police Department, told ABCNews.com on Friday.
According to divorce documents cited by ABC News' Raleigh-Durham affiliate WTVD, Holley Wimunc had a restraining order out on her husband and claimed that at one point he held a gun to her head and threatened to kill her.
Several local, state, federal and military agencies have been involved in the investigation including the ATF, the FBI, as well as Army and Navy investigators.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=5369818&page=1
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Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:46 pm |
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Husband of Army Nurse Appears in Court on Murder, Arson Charges in Her Death
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
A Marine charged with murder in the death of his Army nurse wife faced a judge in a brief first-appearance court hearing Tuesday.
Wearing an orange prison suit and handcuffs, Marine Cpl. John Wimunc nodded in the three-minute appearance before the judge Tuesday when asked if he understood the charges against him — which in addition to murder of his wife Army 2nd Lt. Holley Wimunc include first-degree arson and conspiracy to commit arson.
He told the judge he would hire his own lawyer.
"Please remember, he is presumed to be innocent," said Wimunc's attorney D.W. Gray outside the courthouse.
Holley Wimunc's body was found Sunday, three days after a suspicious fire at her Fayetteville, N.C., apartment and a subsequent search.
John Wimunc's fellow serviceman at Camp Lejeune, Lance Cpl. Kyle Alden, appeared afterwards before the same judge on charges of first-degree arson, conspiracy to commit arson and accessory after the fact to first-degree murder. Alden asked for a court-appointed attorney.
The next hearing was set for Aug. 5.
Holley Wimunc was from Dubuque, Iowa, and based at Fort Bragg.
July 15: Marine Cpl. John Wimunc appears in court.
July 15: Lance Cpl. Kyle Alden appears in court.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,382562,00.html
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