Is anyone familiar with the case of ex-Sergeant Major Almy J. O'Neal?

Hank,

Welcome to PTO!

No to be honest, I for one am not familiar with the Sgt. Mjr.'s case, however, I will be happy to do some research. Can you tell us anything more concerning him.

Patti

Thanks for the welcome.

Almy O'Neal is an individual whom I'm aquainted with. As with anyone in prison, you have to be very careful as prisons tend to be populated by liars. He is serving a 50 year military sentence in the US (BOP) Penitentiary in Leavenworth, KS. He was involved in the riot at the Army Disciplinary Barracks on Ft. Leavenworth a few years ago and was transferred to the USP in '96.

Facts: He is serving his sentence for the murder of his wife in Korea in the early '90s. He is a former Special Forces (Green Berets) Command Sergeant Major who had over 20 years of service in the Army before his conviction. He was a Communications/Psychological Operations specialist and his geographical specialty was Korea. His Korean wife was shot to death and her body was found in a trash dump in Korea after he had transferred back to Ft. Bragg, NC.

Unknowns: He, and his yougest daughter who was a teenager at the time, claim that she is the one who actually killed her mother. Almy admits to helping to cover it up and dispose of the body. The reason that the daughter shot her mother was because the mother was allowing her boyfriend, who was a South Korean police official, to abuse her sexually. The reason that Almy accepted responsibility for the wife's death was because his daughter would have been subject to prosecution in S. Korea and probably would not have survived a Korean prison sentence.

That's their story anyway. As I said, you can't be too careful in dealing with these characters you find in prisons. Almy's story does have a measure of credibility because; 1. He points out that he could have killed his wife in a dozen ways besides shooting her. Conversely, with his expertise he could have done a better job of disposing of the body. Anyone who has ever been to Korea knows that a favorite pastime is picking through landfills. 2. Almy claims that had he killed his wife there would have been two dead bodies--her's and her boyfriend's. 3. A 50 year sentence is pretty light for a murder unless there are mitigating circumstances or weak evidence. Life or Death were an option.