Two active-duty soldiers charged after they murdered Army sergeant in "love triangle gone wrong"
Two active-duty soldiers were arrested for killing an Army sergeant in what prosecutors described as a "love triangle gone wrong," as per multiple reports.
According to reports, Kemia Hassel, 22, and Jeremy Cuellar, 24, conspired to kill the former's husband Tyrone Hassel III, 23, in a bid to collect death benefits from the Army. Cuellar allegedly shot dead Hassel III outside his father's home in St. Joseph Township, Michigan, where he had been spending his holidays with relatives and the one-year-old child he shared with Kemia.
The two were subsequently charged with first-degree murder, the Herald-Palladium reported.
All three served in the Army together at Fort Stewart in Georgia.
Hassel and Cuellar were allegedly involved in an extramarital affair and possibly conspired to kill Hassel III to collect the Army's death benefit in a bid to keep their affair going, Berrien County Prosecutor Michael Sepic said in a news release Monday.