Virginia Navy officer gets life sentence for killing pregnant girlfriend who refused abortion
By: Breaking Local News Report | Published: 2025-07-20 22:37:00 | Source: www.shorenewsnetwork.com
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HANOVER, Va. — A U.S. Navy officer has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2022 murder of his 20-year-old pregnant girlfriend after she refused to terminate her pregnancy.
Lt. Junior Grade Emmanuel Dewayne Coble, 27, was convicted in April of first-degree murder in the killing of Raquiah Paulette King. On Friday, he was sentenced to life behind bars in Hanover County Circuit Court.
On July 21, 2022, deputies with the Hanover County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a woman’s body found near the intersection of Winns Church Road and Greenwood Road. The victim was later identified by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner as King, of Hampton, Virginia.
Coble was arrested three weeks later on August 11, 2022, in Hampton. He was charged with…