Episode 1-MURDER: Did a love triangle lead to a soldier’s public decapitation?

How could a military love triangle lead to a soldier’s public decapitation?  In the series premiere of Military Murder, listen to the gruesome story of an Army love triangle that literally caused someone to lose their head.  Many in the military have already heard different versions of this story.  Some of us think it’s a tale to scare soldier’s from getting involved with married women.  But Margot digs into news articles from the 1990s, to tell you what really happened that frightful afternoon on December 7, 1993, in front of the dining facility at the Sickles Army Air Base in Fulda, Germany.   Dig in with Margot as she discusses the brutal murder of Specialist Gregory Glover at the hands of her lover’s husband, Army Sergeant Stephen Schap.

Image found at: https://newspaperarchive.com/european-stars-and-stripes-mar-31-1994-p-1/

Episode Resources:

• FOIA documents obtained from Army: DA Form 4833, dated 4 Apr 94; DA Form 4833, dated 6 Sep 94; CID Report of Investigation-1^st Supplemental, dated 8 Sep 94
• Steven Vogel, The Washington Post, “The Jealous Husband’s Gruesome Gift.” 2 April 1994, https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1994/04/02/the-jealous-husbands-gruesome-gift/aa72b098-dc46-40b2-869e-894f5da7d52a/ (last accessed on 13 August 2019).
• European Stars and Stripes, “Army Plans Murder Charge Against Sergeant in Fulda.” 10 December 1993, https://newspaperarchive.com/european-stars-and-stripes-dec-10-1993-p-1/ (pages 1-2) (last accessed on 13 August 2019).
• Small, Glen, Baltimore Sun, “Army Man Charged in Decapitation.” 27 December 1993, https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-12-27-1993361086-story.html (last accessed on 13 August 2019).
• Boehmer, George, AP News, “Wife of Killer Admits Affair With Victim of Gruesome Murder.” 30 March 1994, https://www.apnews.com/1f5824ee567b19a389655d78e7630d66 (last accessed on 13 August 2019).
• Kinkade, Mark, European Stars and Stripes, “Schap.” 30 March 1994, https://newspaperarchive.com/european-stars-and-stripes-mar-29-1994-p-1/ (page 1-2) (last accessed on 27 August 2019).
• Kinkade, Mark & Martin, Craig, European Stars and Stripes, “Schap Held Head, Cited Retribution, Witnesses Testify.” 30 March 1994, https://newspaperarchive.com/european-stars-and-stripes-mar-30-1994-p-1/ (pages 1-2) (last accessed on 13 August 2019).
• Kinkade, Mark, European Stars and Stripes, “Schap’s wife retraces horror.” 31 March 1994, https://newspaperarchive.com/european-stars-and-stripes-mar-31-1994-p-1/ (pages 1 & 4) (last accessed on 13 August 2019).
• Martin, Craig, European Stars and Stripes, “4 Schap Jurors Sat Together on Earlier Murder Trial.” 31 March 1994, https://newspaperarchive.com/european-stars-and-stripes-mar-31-1994-p-1/ (pages 1 & 4) (last accessed on 13 August 2019).
• Kinkade, Martin, European Stars and Stripes, “Rage guided Schap’s actions, Psychiatrist Says.” 1 April 1994, https://newspaperarchive.com/european-stars-and-stripes-apr-01-1994-p-1/ (pages 1-2) (last accessed on 27 August 2019).
• Kinkade, Mark, European Stars and Stripes, “Jury Finds Schap guilty of Premeditated Murder.” 2 April 1994, https://newspaperarchive.com/european-stars-and-stripes-apr-02-1994-p-1/ (pages 1-2) (last accessed on 13 August 2019).
• A. Times, “Army Sergeant Who Decapitated Wife’s Lover Found Guilty.” 2 April 1994, https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-04-02-mn-41352-story.html (last accessed on 13 August 2019).
• Kinkade, Mark, European Stars and Stripes, “Teary Schap Recounts Killing.” 3 April 1994, https://newspaperarchive.com/european-stars-and-stripes-apr-03-1994-p-1/ (pgs 1-2) (last accessed on 27 August 2019).
• Martin, Craig, European Stars and Stripes, “Schap’s time in prison cut to 45 years.” 15 June 1994, https://newspaperarchive.com/european-stars-and-stripes-jun-15-1994-p-1/ (pages 1-2) (last accessed on 13 August 2019).
• Gregory E. Maggs & Lisa Schenck, “Modern Military Justice Cases and Materials (2012), United States v. Schap.” https://scholarship.law.gwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1327&context=faculty_publications, pages 49-58 (last accessed on 13 August 2019).
• S. v. Schap, No. 96-1058-AR (C.A.A.F. 1998), https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/caaf/96-1058-AR/96-1058-AR-1998-09-30.html (last accessed on 13 August 2019).
• Inmate Locator can be found at https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/index.jsp

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