Report: Murder trial witnesses among 14 killed in Black Hawk crash

Left: Trey Corrales briefing Gen. David Petraeus on a combat mission earlier this year.

KITV has learned that many of the Hawaii-based soldiers killed in a helicopter crash this week in Iraq were witnesses in the murder trial of two Schofield soldiers.

Hawaii-based soldiers Sgt. 1st Class Trey Corrales and Spc. Christopher Shore are charged with premeditated murder of an Iraqi civilian.

KITV's Denby Fawcett reported that soldiers killed in the crash Wednesday were in the platoon of Sgt. 1st Class Trey Corrales.

Corrales was their sergeant until he was reassigned after he was charged with the pre-mediated murder. Some who perished in the crash had been scheduled to testify against Corrales, Fawcett said.

"It could have a very dramatic impact if those witnesses are key witness and their testimony cannot be presented in some other form," military law attorney Eric Seitz said...

Corrales is accused of shooting of an Iraqi detainee several times on June 23 and allegedly ordered Shore, who was Corrales' subordinate, to keep shooting the man who later died.

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