Fort Stewart soldier arrested in wife's shooting death

HINESVILLE - A soldier at Fort Stewart has been arrested and charged in the shooting death of his estranged wife and her friend last month. <br> <br> Hinesville police Major Thomas Cribbs said 27-year-old John Tolbert was arrested at the fort in southeast Georgia on Monday and charged with two counts of murder. <br> <br> Tolbert was being held Wednesday in Liberty County jail without bond. <br> <br> The bodies of 28-year-old Sargeant Sauda Tolbert, 28, of Wichita, Kansas, and 28-year-old Specialist Anthony Walters of Beckley, West Virginia, were found in Walter&#39;s mobile home March 31. <br> <br> Authorities found the bodies about ten-to-15 feet away from each other, and the mobile home was riddled with about six bullet holes. Investigators said the shots were fired through the windows. <br> <br> Hinesville police questioned Tolbert after the killings, but didn&#39;t arrest him until three weeks later. <br> <br> Fort Stewart spokeswoman Dina McKain said military police had been holding Tolbert in pretrial detention since April second. <br> <br> The victims served in the same unit, the 396th Transportation Company, according to Fort Stewart officials. Tolbert was in Company C, Third Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment.

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