European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday december 20,1993 awaits i suspect starting to understand what he has done to his life a by Mark Kinkade staff writer Fulda Germany a sgt. Stephen Schap being held in the army confinement facility in Mannheim is reportedly doing Well a considering the circumstances a an 11th army Cav regt official said Friday. The army is holding Schap while it determines if he should be charged with premeditated murder in the dec. 7 slaying and beheading of spec. Gregory w. Glover 21, _ a Schap 26, was or rested at a German Hospital the night of dec. 7 after he carried Glover a head to the bedside of his wife Diane while she was in a Fulda Hospital officials said. Both men were helicopter technicians at Sickels army Airfield in Fulda. Counselor and chaplains at the confinement facility have reported that snap a seems to be starting to understand what he has done to his life a one regiment official said. For several Days Schap has been the focus of suicide rumours in Fulda a Community in Central Germany. An article 32 investigation into the Case roughly the equivalent of a grand jury hearing to determine what if any charges could be brought against Schap should be finished in about 10 Days a regiment spokesman said. V corps said the army has assigned a military defense attorney to Schap but speculation in civilian Legal circles is that the sergeant probably will hire a civilian attorney to represent him should the Case go to court. Schap claimed to witnesses that his wife was having an affair with Gloyer. She remains in the Herz Jesu Hospital in Fulda for problems relating to her three month pregnancy. Doctors there said the problem a goes Back a few years a but would not provide further serb chief details. Diane Schap 26, entered the Hospital dec. 5 for a two week stay doctors said and she could be released by Christmas. An 11th army Cav regt official said Friday that the army a criminal investigation come commonly called c1d, has sealed off the Schap Home to gather evidence. Investigators should turn Over the apartment to Diane snap by wednesday the official said. Regiment officials did not know if she will stay in Germany. V privately one official worried that Diane Schap would remain in the Community during a time when support from the regiment is dwindling m the face of a rapid draw Down. The unit called the Blackhorse regi ment is scheduled to be gone from Fulda no later than june the official said. However the bulk of soldiers in the Community already have left with More scheduled to leave by Christmas. For example Glover a unit a t troop of the 4th aviation so at the Airfield a is to be gone by today. P troop Stephen Schaps unit also is closing its books. Most of the unit is gone and the remainder probably will leave shortly after the new year officials said. Both Glover and Schap were due to depart before Christmas a v corps spokeswoman said. Schap was to Transfer to Gie Belstadt on dec. 13. Glover was to leave Germany on dec. 17 for fort Bragg . In other developments a Glover a body was flown to his Home in Phoenix on dec. 12, according to v corps. Burial services Are believed to have been held tuesday although v corps could not confirm the Date. Glover a father received the body. A German and military police continue to search for a knife apparently used in the Case. A German newspaper had reported that a woman saw a car Matching the vehicle registered to Schap blocking a narrow Bridge Over the Fulda River near Downs Barracks about 6 the night of the slaying. She told investigators she saw a Man leaning Over the Bridge. The knife according to Fulda sources is similar to a knife commonly sold in american Exchange facilities. The Blade is narrow about 6 to 8 inches Long with a serrated Edge near the Blade grip. The knife is  survival knife sources said. Military police using Metal detectors combed the Banks of the fiver while German police used divers to search the River Bottom. Harsh weather conditions hampered the search and some investigators fear the knife has been pushed far Down River. A officials with the 7th medical come have not released preliminary autopsy results in the Case nor is it Likely they will a spokeswoman for the command said. Quot the problem is How does a doctor define when life ceased said spokeswoman Barbara Slifer. A was it when the artery was severed or the spinal Cord or something else while the command earlier confirmed that Glover had other wounds on his body Slifer would not release specific information. A the regiment has refused requests for interviews with the commander or other members of Schaps troop. A it. Glover a unit t troop was rocked in october when one of its members spec. Edward a. Ricard Iii was charged with the premeditated murder of his 1-year-old daughter Elizabeth. Her beaten body was found below the family a apartment Balcony a drop of about 40 feet. Win in elections Belgrade Yugoslavia apr Serbia a nationalist president predicted election Victory for his ruling socialists on sunday but it was far from certain whether voters facing economic ruin would give him the mandate he wanted. Slobodan Milosevic hoped his party would win a commanding two thirds majority in the 250-seat parliament but reelection polls indicated he would fall Short of that goal. A Milosevic is not facing re election. But any setback for his socialists the renamed communists could threaten his monopoly on Power. Final tallies were not expected until tuesday or wednesday. With the opposition badly divided the result could be a Hung parliament that would add to political instability in Serbia. A heavily armed Balkan state of 9.8 million people. The government election commission said 30 percent of 7 million eligible voters had cast their ballots by noon in what appeared to be a Strong turnout. Milosevic called the Early elections Serbia s third in three years after his main allies in. The old parliament bolted and treated to bring Down i government. A these elections have great importance for Pur country. 3 . Teens a voter casts his ballot at a polling station sunday in Belgrade Serbia s capital. In taxi robbery bad nauheim Germany a amps r three american youths who live in Alvin York housing area in bad nauheim arc. Suspects in the nov. 21 robbery and assault of a taxi Driver according to police reports. The three youths hired a German taxi at 7 35 . Outside the pizza Shack in the roman Way housing area in Butz Bach and told the Driver to take them to Boulevard Strasse in bad nauheim according to a report obtained Friday by the stars and stripes. When the taxi Driver took out his Wallet to give the youths their change one of the youths grabbed the Wallet and tried to run away the report said. The youth then struck the Driver in the head and neck when the Driver resisted took the Wallet containing 500 Marks or about $300, and fled on foot with his two companions according to the report. The names of the youths boys Ages 13, 15 and 17, Are being withheld by the it Ned n ttj4 n Ilij a they will assure a stable parliament and a stable functioning of the govern mint a Milosevic said after voting in the exclusive Belgrade suburb of de Dine where he lives. A this would bring a Way out of this crisis out of difficulties which Are Felt by Ordinary people a he said. Stars and stripes to protect their identities because of their age one of the youths has a record of de pendent misconduct for housebreaking in uly 1991, according to the report. German police Are investigating. No other information was available Friday threats incentives offered to Ira in n. Ireland peace bid from wire reports London a Irish prime minister Albert Reynolds warned sunday that he will order tougher measures against the Ira if it rejects a British Irish peace plan and resumes full scale violence. However Reynolds indicated that the British and Irish governments May Reward the Ira with amnesties for jailed guerrillas if the outlawed organization joins in peace talks on Northern Ireland. Earlier hundreds of trains were disrupted in Southeast England after what news reports said was a coded warning there was a bomb in a key signal Box at London Bridge station. British transport police and British rail refused to say if an Ira warning caused the train disruption. And later sunday five people including three children were hospitalized in Northern Ireland after a massive landmine exploded in Londonderry 85 Miles Northwest of Belfast. The device exploded As the family of five drove past the scene moments after a British army patrol passed the area. The Impact of the bomb damaged dozens of Homes and a Catholic school. While Reynolds stepped up pressure on the Catholic based Ira to end its Vio Campaign against British Rule British i minister John major reiterated Assuras that London would not abandon the p inces pro British protestant majority. Ira commanders were reportedly is ing this weekend what was expected to several weeks of consultation about major Reynolds plan to try to end 25 of violence in Northern Ireland