JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD — A military judge at Joint Base Lewis-McChord has sentenced Spc. Ivette Davila to life in prison without parole for killing two fellow soldiers and abducting their baby.
Col. Stephen Henley sentenced the 24-year-old soldier tonight at the conclusion of testimony in the penalty phase of her case. Davila pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of premeditated murder and one count of kidnapping to avoid a possible death penalty.
Davila addressed the court today, noting everyone wants to know why she killed two fellow soldiers. She said she has no answers and added, “No answer will ever be an excuse for what I did.”
She was charged in the March 2008 shootings of Staff Sgt. Timothy Miller and Sgt. Randi Miller in the couple’s Parkland home. Officials say Davila poured muriatic acid over the bodies in a bathtub and took the couple’s baby girl unharmed.
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