Houston soldier stabbed 74 times in brutal murder

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A female soldier from Houston was stabbed 74 times in her barracks. Army Specialist Brandy Fonteneaux, 28, was stabbed and choked in her room at Fort Carson in Colorado on January 8. New information is coming to light about the crime from Fonteneaux’s alleged murderer, a male soldier who claims he suffered from temporary insanity. FOX Houston has the story:

Seventy-four stab wounds: those are some of the injuries inflicted on a female soldier from Houston, in her own barracks.

The new information comes as her alleged murderer, a fellow soldier, is claiming he suffered from temporary insanity.

“I had to know. I had to see just what this man did to my daughter,” said Verona Fonteneaux.

Her daughter, 28-year old Army Specialist Brandy Fonteneaux, was stabbed and choked in her room at Fort Carson in Colorado on January 8.

Plenty of moms would leave it at that. But Verona Fonteneaux needed to know. Everything.

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