The court martial of Army Pfc. Dewayne Arthur Johnson, 29, concluded Thursday as a military judge sentenced him to 23 years in prison for killing his pregnant wife, 19-year-old Mischa Mabeline Kaalohilani Johnson, and their unborn child on July 12.

The Army initially charged the soldier with murder, but despite a massive search effort and months of work by investigators, no body had been recovered. Over the course of the investigation, Mischa Johnson’s family made public appeals asking for anyone with knowledge of where her remains may be to come forward so that they could give her a proper burial.

As part of a plea deal, Dewayne Johnson agreed to confess and reveal what he did with the body in return for reduced charges and sentencing. Under the plea, he was charged with the lesser incl

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