"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife."
In December 1993, U.S. Army Sgt. Stephen Schap discovered his estranged wife Diane was pregnant by his best friend, Spc. Gregory Glover. Schap sta*bed and decap*tated Glover, then carried the s*vered head in a gym bag to the hospital where his wife was being treated.
He already had a vasectomy. He knew the baby could not be his. He walked out of the hospital and within thirty minutes had figured out who it was.
He found Glover at a payphone on the base, mid-call with Diane. With Diane still on the line, Schap confronted him.
He stabbed Glover fifteen times, then dec*pitated him. He carried out the k*lling in front of witnesses who saw him flee with the head.
He placed the head in a gym bag, returned to the hospital, walked into Diane's room, unzipped the bag, placed the head on her bedside tray table and physically forced her to look at it.
He told her: "Look Diane, Glover's here. He'll sleep with you every night now."
Schap was court-martialled for the m*rder of Gregory Glover in April 1994 and found guilty of premeditated m*rder.
The mandatory life sentence was reduced by the convening authority to 45 years.
Diane Schap testified against her husband at trial, confirming the affair and that Glover was the father of her child.