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Posted: March 21, 2007

Skinhead Paratrooper Dies in Federal Prison

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A skinhead paratrooper convicted a decade ago of killing two black people in Fayetteville, died Wednesday at a federal prison hospital in Missouri, authorities said.

James Burmeister, 31, was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of the December 1995 slayings of Jackie Burden and Michael James.

Burmeister was one of three former 82nd Airborne Division troops convicted in the case.

He was moved to federal prison eight years ago to protect him from other prisoners in North Carolina.

Authorities are awaiting the results of an autopsy to determine a cause of death.

RELATED TOPICS: Fayetteville

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so what....
deerslayer
March 27, 2007 11:43 p.m.
There are a record number of Nazis and white supremacists in our armed forces right now, according to a report by the Southern Poverty Center.
Click to view my profile katgoesloco
March 27, 2007 12:25 p.m.
Too bad his chute didn't fail to open when he was a paratrooper.
Click to view my profile New York Yankee
March 26, 2007 8:31 p.m.
I agree with "hawks", he became a convicted felon and lost the right to be called a paratrooper or to be spoken of as a soldier. He was a racist who will be judged by God.
I hear voices
March 26, 2007 9:21 a.m.
He served his sentence,,,,let him out.
Lizard Paw
March 23, 2007 6:27 p.m.
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