A Navy cook from Oak Harbor was charged this week in the murder of a fellow service member in Norfolk, Virginia, according to the Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps website.

Coincidentally, a documentary film crew was in Oak Harbor this week to interview women who say they were victimized by the suspect, 20-year-old Jeremiah Copeland, while they were in high school.

Copeland, formerly a student in both Oak Harbor and Coupeville, has been in custody since 21-year-old Angelina Resendiz was found dead in a wooded area about 10 miles from Naval Station Norfolk. Both Copeland and Resendiz were culinary specialists in the Navy.

According to the Navy’s preliminary hearing information, Copeland faces charges of murder, rape or sexual assault, sexual misconduct, wrongfully distributing intimate

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