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Former sailor could face death penalty in Va. - Navy News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Navy Times: "former sailor could now face the death penalty for allegedly killing a young Navy wife last year, the city of Virginia Beach announced Monday afternoon.

Robert Lee Sadler, indicted by a grand jury Jan. 3 for first-degree murder in connection with the Sept. 13, 2010, killing of Shana R. Hight, was indicted Monday on one count of capital murder in commission of an abduction and one count of capital murder in the commission of a sexual assault.

Both of the latter charges carry the death penalty in Virginia, said Macie Pridgen, a spokeswoman for the Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney of Virginia Beach. First-degree murder can result in a sentence of 20 years to life imprisonment."