PapaSkin
04-11-2007, 10:50 AM
Karon Knox prays that James Burmeister, a racist skinhead soldier who killed her brother, made peace with God before he died Wednesday. “We’re very sad to hear that he passed away, but most importantly we just hope that he gave his life to the Lord and did things right,” Knox said. Burmeister, 31, shot to death Knox’s brother Michael James and James’ friend, Jackie Burden, during a skinhead initiation ritual in Fayetteville in December 1995. Burmeister and another soldier were sentenced to life in prison for the murders. A third soldier involved was freed after he testified against the other two. The murders brought the national spotlight to an ugly side of Fayetteville and Fort Bragg and prompted the Army to investigate the presence of racists, extremists, gangs and other such groups in its ranks. Burmeister died in a federal prison hospital in Missouri about 9 a.m. central time Wednesday. Keith Acree, a spokesman for the N.C. Department of Correction, said he died of natural causes. Acree wouldn’t elaborate, citing a federal privacy law. READ MORE...
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