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that, after killing the prostitute, they could get rid of her
body in one of the remote training areas on base. At the time,
LCpl L thought the appellant’s comments were odd, but because
the appellant chuckled afterwards, he did not think these
statements amounted to anything more than a weird joke.

     Approximately two or three weeks later, the appellant
texted LCpl L and invited him to stop by his house for dinner
before LCpl L went on duty. LCpl L accepted the invitation and,
soon after he arrived, the appellant showed him a suitcase and
asked him whether he thought  (Emphasis added).
Prosecution Exhibit 2 at 7.

     The next day, LCpl L returned to the appellant’s home where
the appellant showed LCpl L a stun gun and a roll of tan duct
tape he claimed he would use in the abduction and killing. The
appellant also described how he intended to find the prostitute
he would kill by using certain sites on the Internet. Soon
thereafter, the appellant was taken into NCIS custody and
questioned.

     While being questioned by NCIS, the appellant admitted to
“hav[ing] hired approximately five different escorts in the last
nine months” 3 who he found on-line. When he found someone he was
interested in hiring, he would contact them on a second phone he
kept in his truck, and would thereafter arrange to meet
somewhere in