Murder of Sasha Krause: Judge sentences airman to life in prison for kidnapping and killing Mennonite woman
A judge has sentenced 22-year-old Mark Gooch to life in prison for the death of Sasha Krause, a 27-year-old who was kidnapped by Gooch from New Mexico, fatally shot, and left in the freezing cold outside Flagstaff in 2020.
Airman on trial in Arizona in death of Mennonite woman
Mark Gooch, 22, faces up to life in prison if he is convicted of first-degree murder and other charges in the disappearance and death of Sasha Krause, 27.
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Jurors found Mark Gooch guilty of kidnapping and first-degree murder in Sasha Krause’s killing. The two didn’t know each other and lived hundreds of miles apart but shared an upbringing in the Mennonite religion. Krause committed to the church, while Gooch did not.
Arizona murder case against US Air Force airman goes to jury
A prosecutor argued that cellphone data, receipts, financial records, repeated lies and a cover-up scheme point to Mark Gooch, a U.S. Air Force airman stationed in metropolitan Phoenix, as Sasha Krause's killer.
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The airman has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and other charges in the death of Sasha Krause, a 27-year-old who's body was found north of Flagstaff.
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Mark Gooch faces life in prison on the murder charge. He also was found guilty of kidnapping Sasha Krause in January 2020 from the Farmington Mennonite Church where she was gathering material for Sunday school.
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Mark Gooch faces up to life in prison if he’s convicted of first-degree murder and other charges in the death of Sasha Krause, 27. Her body was found in a forest clearing outside Flagstaff.
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Mark Gooch is accused of driving several hours from the metropolitan Phoenix air base where he was stationed to northwestern New Mexico, and kidnapping and killing Sasha Krause.
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Sasha Krause, who worked at a publishing ministry in the Mennonite community, was found more than a month later with a gunshot wound to the head in a forest clearing outside Flagstaff, Arizona.
$2M cash-only bond for airman charged with murder in Arizona
Mark Gooch became eligible for bond after the deadline passed for prosecutors to pursue the death penalty in the case. Gooch is facing life in prison if convicted of first-degree murder and other charges in the death of Sasha Krause.