A hearing was Tuesday, May 6, for a U.S. Army soldier charged with murder of a soldier at Fort Leonard Wood.
Spc. Wooster Rancy, 21, is charged with murder and obstructing justice in the death of Sgt. Sarah Roque.
The hearing convened before a judge advocate, and the next step is for the preliminary hearing officer to issue a report and make recommendations for disposition of the case.
An Article 32 hearing is a preliminary hearing required before charges can be referred for trial by general court-martial.
The Army Office of Special Trial Counsel referred charges against Rancy on Oct. 20 after Roque was found dead in a dumpster at nearby Fort Leonard Wood.
Roque was part of the Fifth Engineer Battalion, serving as a mine dog handler with the battalion’s K9 detachment.
Rancy is held at the Midwest Joint Regional Confinement Facility at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
