Fort Polk Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Second-Degree Murder, Attempted Murder
| U.S. Attorney’s Office October 18, 2013 |
LAKE CHARLES, LA—United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Marcus Patterson Carey, 28, of Canton, Ohio, was sentenced on October 8, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Patricia Minaldi to 30 years in prison for second-degree murder and 20 years in prison for attempted second-degree murder, with both sentences to be served concurrently. He was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release. Carey pleaded guilty on June 12, 2013.
Carey admitted that on June 19, 2010, he killed a Fort Polk soldier by striking him with a hammer and stabbing him multiple times. He also admitted to attempting to kill a former soldier by striking that person with a hammer and stabbing that person multiple times as well.
The U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command and the Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted the investigation. United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley and Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel J. McCoy prosecuted the case.