The defendant charged with murder in the Dec. 14 shooting death of U.S. Army Sgt. Andre S. Stewart Jr. at Fort Eisenhower has been ordered to remain in federal custody.
Natravien Landry, 25, of Abbeville, Louisiana, a soldier in the Army National Guard, is charged with murder. Following a Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 18, hearing, U.S. Magistrate Court Judge Brian K. Epps ordered Landry to be detained pending further court proceedings.
Landry has waived his right to a preliminary hearing.
The case is being investigated by the Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division, and prosecuted for the United States by Southern District of Georgia Assistant U.S. Attorneys Henry W. Syms Jr., Patricia G. Rhodes and Kelsey L. Scanlon, and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Capt. Jacqueline M. Stryker.
