European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Motive hinted in no s murder trial by Craig Martin staff writer Rhein main a Germany a a former co worker of the Rhein main technical sergeant accused of murdering Aind mutilating his Girlfriend offered a possible motive tuesday in the a co a trial. And a doctor who performed the autopsy on the victims body testified that the head and neck were Cut off with a knife and an a Hatchet or Machete. Mark Ryan the assistant manager at the Rhein main Auto skills Center where tech. Sgt. James Ancill Thomas had a part time Job said Thomas was afraid Nis wife would divorce him because he was Quot fooling around with other  testimony came in the afternoon of the 12th Day of Thomas trial. He is charged with premeditated murder and desecration of the Corpse of Yolanda Pengson 27. Pengson a Torso was found sept. 9, 1991, burning in a forested area near Kronau a Small town near Karlsruhe about 62 Miles South of Rhein main. The head and hands had been severed and have never been found. The chief prosecutor maj. Ronald Gregory said that he believes Pengson was killed on or near Rhein main five Miles South of Frankfurt and that Thomas used some Type of lethal Force to Peng songs head neck or hands. In a closed door session with the jury excused Thomas civilian defense attorney Joel Cohen objected to Ryan a Tusti Mony about Thomas marital problems however Gregory said Ryan a testimony goes to the heart of his Case. Quot this snows motive your Honor a he said. The judge overruled the objection. At the time the Torso was found Thomas was married. His wife and 4-year-old daughter were living in the United states. Base officials would not say whether Thomas 33, is still married siting the privacy act. Ryan testified before the six Man jury that Thomas said a former Roommate had told Thomas wife that the no was having an affair with a philippine woman. 1. Hands. Matern said he could not determine a cause of death but he offered three possibilities Blunt Force to the head or neck massive loss of blood or strangulation. He placed the time of death one to three Days before the Torso was found burning. He said the autopsy also showed Pengson had died four to five hours after she had eaten. Earlier last week a witness testified that Pengson had been at her Home for dinner the night she disappeared. The witness testified that she Nad walked Pengson to a Streetcar Stop at 9 30 . Sepu 7 1991. Pengson Haa told the witness she was getting on the Streetcar to go meet Thomas. Another witness testified earlier in the trial that blood Matching samples in the. Torso was found on an a at Thomas Worth Lack in Rhein Mains building 243, the civil engineering readiness Center. Another prosecution witness tuesday Bridgette Oloc. Pics Gutte i oct testified that hair sum found in the Drain Elbow of the sinks amps . Booher the accused tech. Sgt. James Ancill Thomas lilt and civilian defense attorney Joel Cohen Are shown in this courtroom sketch. Ryan testified that Thomas told him he wanted to Patch things up with his wife. Staff sgt. Simmons Ennis a former Roommate of Thomas testified last week that Pengson called Thomas about 10 times a Day and that Thomas wanted to end his relationship with her. It was unclear during testimony tucs Day whether Ennis was the former Roommate who had talked to Thomas wife. Ennis also testified last week that Thomas believed philippine women would blackmail american servicemen into marriage by saying they were pregnant. He also testified that Thomas said he liked philippine women because of what Thomas termed their Quot subservient  Quot Ennis testified that when Thomas found out Pengson was in love with him Thomas said it Quot made things worse in their relationship. After the Torso was found it was taken to the University of Heidelberg in Germany for an autopsy. Or. Raynor Matern director of the Institute for forensic Medicine at the University testified tuesday that the head and neck had been severed with a Zigzag motion indicating what he believed were several cuts with a knife. However he testified that a knife would not be Able to Cut through the spine. In his opinion he testified a Hatchet a or Machete probably was used on the spine. He also testified that a saw could have been used to Cut off the in the women a washroom in building 243 matched hair samples found in Pengson a Hairbrush and on the Torso. Olbort is a biologist who specializes in hair samples at a German state crime lab. Under Cross examination by Cohen Olbort admitted that her test was not 100 percent accurate. She testified however that there were certain unusual qualities in the hair Structure that led her to believe the samples matched. She said that neither she nor a colleague had Ever seen similar qualities in hair and that it would be unlikely the hair samples came from different people. Greg Oil said the governments Case relics solely on circumstantial evidence. The trial was scheduled to resume wednesday at 9 . During the entire trial Thomas dressed sharply in his class a dress blues has remained erect in his chair head straight face Forward his hands folded in his Lap. He has shown no emotion. A Cohen said earlier in the trial that his client would exercise his constitutional right to remain silent and would not testify tearful outburst disrupts go s trial in s. Korea Seoul South Korea a More than 300 students shouted anti american slogans outside a courthouse wednesday demanding Stern punishment for a  being tried on charges of murdering a korean prostitute. Quot drive out . Soldiers to restore National Pride Quot shouted protesters waving banners and flags. The second trial session for pvt Kenneth l. Markle Iii 20, of Keyser w.va., was interrupted briefly As the weeping Mother of the victim screamed at the defendant. In late october Yun Kum i 26, was found dead at her rented room in ten Duchon township 30 Miles North of Seoul the township is located near the Headquarters of the . 2nd inf div to which Markle was assigned. The room was splattered with blood and had been covered with detergent in an apparent Effort to destroy evidence and fingerprints. Police said the victim had been raped and stabbed repeatedly with a bottle. During wednesday s session the victims Mother screamed and burst into Lears during testimony in which Markle said he had hit the victim with a cola bottle in self defense after she attacked him. Quot murderer a the Mother screamed in the courtroom packed with some 200 people. As guards took her outside dozens of students in the gallery shouted Quot Stop done to take her  Seoul District court presiding judge Byun Dong Gul warned that further attempts to disrupt the trial would result in punishment. He said the defendant has the right to defend himself in court. Markle repeated before a three judge panel most of he statements he made during the first session last month. He said he acted in self defense and he denied having sex with the victim.$1 million in medical Aid flown by . Planes by Vince Crawley staff writer . Cargo planes from Rhein main a Germany delivered More than $1 million in medical Aid this week to victims of the War Between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the former soviet Union. An air Force c-141 cargo Jet landed with u tons of antibiotics painkillers and medical supplies tuesday in the besieged Region of Nash Chevan a . Official told the associated press in  a c-5 Galaxy cargo plane took off wednesday from Rhein main to deliver medical supplies to the Region said Suzanne Bartsch a base spokeswoman. The supplies Are intended for hospitals on both sides of the armenian azerbaijani conflict Harry Kreine . Coordinator of Aid for Nash Chevan told the a. The flights Are part of operation provide Hope designed to bring humanitarian Aid to the former soviet  medical supplies come from military stockpiles in Europe an army medical spokesman said. Quot in february our medical Supply people in Pir Masens at the . Army medical Materiel Center Europe prepared about $1.1 million Worth of medical supplies for shipment to Nash Chevan Baku and Yerevan a said Bill Swisher spokesman for the army a 7th medical come in Heidelberg Germany. Swisher said that the shipments delivered in three air missions were a $475,000 Worth of supplies to Baku the capital of Azerbaijan. A $368,000 Worth of supplies to Yerevan the capital of Armenia. A $370,000 Worth of supplies to Nash Chevan. Nash Chevan is wedged Between Armenia and the Borders of Turkey and Iran. It has a population of about 278,000, mostly azerbaijanis. The supplies include bandages syringes Ana medicines Swisher said. In another humanitarian Mission to the former soviet Union 30 . Soldiers were sent to Bishkek Kyrgyzstan earlier this month to deliver supplies and install military medical equipment Swisher said