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Hearing held Tuesday for Fort Leonard Wood murder case

Wooster Rancy
Phelps County Sheriff's Office
Wooster Rancy

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

An Article 32 preliminary hearing was held on Tuesday for a U.S. Army specialist accused of killing a soldier at Fort Leonard Wood in November.

Spc. Wooster Rancy, 21, with the 5th Engineer Battalion, is charged with murder and obstruction of justice in the death of Sgt. Sarah Roque, an Army Special Trial Counsel spokesperson wrote in an email.

Rancy is being held at the Midwest Joint Regional Confinement Facility at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, spokesperson Michelle McCaskill wrote.

Rancy is from North Miami, Florida, and is a combat engineer with the 509th Clearance Company. He joined the Army in 2022, according to the base.

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