Sergeant acquitted 20 Years ago in NC of murders found guilty in court-martial Thursday

[The Straight Story]

Hennis found guilty of decades-old murders



WASHINGTON (Army News Service, April 9, 2010) -- A master sergeant who was acquitted by a North Carolina court more than 20 years ago was found guilty of murder again Thursday in a court-martial at Fort Bragg, N.C.

After three weeks of testimony, a 14-member military panel voted unanimously to find Master Sgt. Timothy B. Hennis guilty of three counts of premeditated murder.

Hennis had been convicted at his original trial for the 1985 stabbing murders of Kathryn Eastburn and her two young daughters, Erin and Kara, who lived just outside Fort Bragg. He was a sergeant and parachute rigger stationed on Bragg at the time.

Sentenced to death in 1986 by the state of North Carolina, the state's Supreme Court later overturned the conviction and ordered a new trial for Hennis, in which he was acquitted in 1989.

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