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Buswell Admits Strangling WAF Sergeant at Hamilton Field
RAFAEL Calif March 27 A 33 year old Air Force sergeant Lyle H Buswell confessed to choking WAF Sergeant Jorry B Decker 43 after drinking boilermakers He claimed he found her body then led investigators to the scene He denied raping her and said he began drinking Friday to cope with an overseas assignment authorities say he will be arraigned on murder charges in San Francisco and held under suicide guard in Marion County jail before transfer The killing occurred in a WAF orderly room near the women’s quarters at Hamilton Field and Decker’s body was found naked aside from shoes with autopsy showing rape The accused described moving the body and arranging clothing to mislead investigators The incident prompted FBI questioning and Buswell’s statement that he choked her not other violence