European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 2007 stars and stripes Page 3 How do you know you intended to kill her judge tries to determine private first class state of mind after i pleaded guilty to murder by Nancy Montgomery stars and stripes Germany Mario Lesesne remembered stabbing his girl he told the although he  remember How Many times or How he got the he he that he stabbed her because he wanted her to but when the judge asked Lesesne Why hed wanted to kill Valerie a private first class with the 1st personnel Lesesne  i dont Lesesne said at the first Day of his Lesesne had reached a plea agreement with v pleading guilty to Gambos the attempted murder of her Roommate and the assault of the room mates so Lesesne state of and whether he truly believed he was became an Issue that took up most of the if Lesesne didst know Why he wanted to kill his the James asked How do you know you in tended to kill her Lesesne and who is hear ing the Case alone without a called for a some hours Pohl was satisfied the next time he asked Why hed wanted Gamboa to die on 21 at Thomp Kins Barracks in your in not exactly sure the seven year army vet said in a barely audible i know that at that that what i wanted to but i dont know exactly what triggered i really have tried to think about his other guilty pleas were accepted after Pohl questioned Lesesne to ensure despite his faulty hed intended to do what he was pleading guilty Lesesne told the judge that he believed the reason he could not remember Many things about his crimes was that hed blocked it out because it was so the Only charge against Lesesne that he did not plead guilty to also went to the Heidelberg Hospital medics state of Lesesne prosecutors have charged him with pre meditated which carries a mini mum sentence of life in prison with the possibility of but he pleaded guilty to unpremeditated which carries no minimum sen the maximum punishment for both charges is the same life in prison without possibility of prosecutors Are at tempting to prove pre meditation at the which was scheduled for three in her opening state Jacque Gamboa line Lead prosecutor in the told Pohl that Lesesne had made de liberate choices that indicated Prem Edita she said that so Meek and contrite had not always been that the accused was he was jealous and he was verbally she the evidence will also show that Valerie had had enough and wanted to end the Tubbs told the judge the accused stabbed Valerie Gamboa Over 20 times with a Steak knife he got from the whether it was the 20 Steps to get the Steak knife or the 20 the accused Mur dered Valerie with the families of both Gamboa and Lesesne were in the Lesesne Mother apologized to Jamie Kaskow Gambos who was stabbed four and hugged according to he would have killed if her Larry haunt come into the room and hit him in the the sentences Lesesne agreed to in the plea bargain wont be revealed until the court martial the agreed upon sen tence stands unless a trial judge gives a lower sentence the lower of the two is generally a v corps lawyer declined to discuss whether there Are provisions in the plea agreement for an increased sentence if prosecutors succeed in proving Prem Edita email Nancy Montgomery at  protests dont mar graduation for Vicenza High school by Kent Harris stars and stripes Italy they say students who attend department of defense dependents schools have cultural experiences they would never get in the that was in evidence As Vicenza High school senior class members received their diplomas in the oldest indoor Amphitheater in the world Teatro dozens of italians opposed to the american use of the dal Molin Airfield creating another kind of history the first Dodds graduation to receive such it was All about the and maybe a Little about their five of the 33 graduates had parents currently deployed in but in proud at the same said Brandon Mccoy of his warrant officer 1 Jake who missed the graduation because of the 173rd airborne brigades deployment to i wish he would have been Able to attend this Occa i got an email from him earlier today and he said he was going to try to get All of his work done so he could said Amy Sta Mccoy Shane another Grade said he got to talk to his a Stan who is also by Telephone earlier in the and he said he was glad his father would have a Chance to watch the ceremony As Well via the a handful of video cameras were stationed around the theater to catch All the photos by Kent and stripes the Vicenza High school class of 2007 sits on stage in the Teatro the oldest indoor Amphitheater in the during graduation Cere monies five of the 33 graduates have parents deployed was the last student to address the giving his classmates the Cue to exit the but All the graduates got a Chance to address their friends and families and 29 of them did with Short messages just before receiving their one message was All in another featured some English and some and another some English land some valedictorian Adam Vin cent and salutatorian Megan Gay Ford shared longer Vincent urged his fellow students to take risks in adding that most great achievements Over came Large chances of Gafford said even Small numbers of people such As her class could make a and asked her classmates to be persistent As mosquitoes become the role models of Tomor at least five of the graduates will attend College in the fall with the goal of pursuing a career in the two will attend the air Force Academy and three have Roth scholarships awaiting that probably  sit Vrell with at least a few of the protest ers outside the one held up a sign saying congratulations to the Young dont choose army none of the protesters entered the theater during the leaving the stage free to the Stu dents As the Amphitheater rang with round after round of cheers and applause from the graduates friends and email Kent Harris at f italian opposed to the use of dal Molin Airfield decided to make their views known again during graduation ceremonies for Vicenia High school on