Remains Of Deceased Navy Officer Convicted Of Rape And Murder Face Removal From Arlington National Cemetery
A former
Navy officer who raped, tortured, and murdered a junior sailor may have his remains unearthed from the Arlington National Cemetery by next year under a proposed amendment to the annual defense budget bill.
Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA) submitted a proposal during the House Armed Services Committee meeting last week that would direct the Army and Department of Veterans Affairs to remove the remains of Andrew J. Chabrol from the nation’s largest military cemetery no later than September 30, 2023, The Washington Post
reported.
The proposal says unless officials can find relatives of Chabrol, the Secretary of the Army would dispose of them as deemed appropriate.
In 1991, the Associated Press reported, the Virginia Supreme Court convicted Chabrol of rape and murder of Petty Officer 2nd Class Melissa Harrington, a 27-year-old enlisted sailor in Chabrol’s Virginia Beach Navy unit in his Chesapeake home.
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