ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Anchorage man will serve more than 30 years in prison for killing a fellow airman in 2012.
KTUU reports James Thomas was sentenced Friday in the death of Senior Airman Clinton Reeves. Thomas had earlier pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and other charges.
Reeves, a 22-year-old Air Force member from Raytown, Missouri, failed to report for work at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage on April 23, 2012. His rental car was found later, with uniforms and groceries inside. His body was found the following month in a ravine in suburban Anchorage.
An autopsy determined he died of blunt force strikes to the head, and authorities said he was killed with a claw hammer.
