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Welcome back True Crime Army, I am your host Margot and this is Military Murder, a show where I focus on crimes committed by military members and veterans.

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Alright listen, for some of you it's been two weeks since we've met. For others it's only been one week because last week I released a bonus episode that left my jaw on the floor. I know, I know, I say that about every single case, but it's true.

Last week's bonus episode involved a person who believed that God could forgive murder because it's a one time crime. But the same person believed that God could not forgive divorce.

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Alright, last week, as I was preparing for today's case, I had a completely different case ready to go. But then, as I was perusing listener suggested cases, I found the one. The one I will tell you about today. And well, here we are.

Join me today as I tell you the tragic story of 19 year old David Heinrich. This story is out of Ohio, but it has connections to Scofield Barracks and Hawaii. Now, let's dig in.

In the early 2000s, Christina Eichelberger was like most military spouses. Her soldier spouse, Sean Cleveland, swept her off her feet, made her believe she was the most wonderful person in the world because she probably was and promised that this military life was only temporary and that one day it would all be rainbows and butterflies.

But listen, all fairy tales must come to an end. Christina grew up Mormon so she had a very strict upbringing. So when she was 18 and met and married Sean, her soldier she thought she had won the lottery. They got married in Hawaii where Sean was stationed at the time and life there felt like a continuous honeymoon.

I found one article that specifically said that Sean was stationed at Scofield Barracks.

Sean had always wanted to be in the military. His family described that he spoke about it for years, likely wanting to follow in his father and grandfather's footsteps and he seemed to love the army. However, now that he was married, he and his new bride spent a lot of time apart because of military duties and Christina wanted the hustle and bustle of military life to stop.

Sean promised that the military was only temporary, but as the years went by, Sean re-upped his military contract and the cycle continued.

After Hawaii, the couple moved to Sean's Ohio home town of Brunswick and Christina put the pressure on Sean to leave the military. She kind of gave him an ultimatum, the military or us.

Sean appeared to be stuck between a rock and a hard place. He seemed to want to stay in his marriage, but he loved the military.

However, as reported by ABC News, Sean did leave active duty and tried life in the civilian world, but Sean didn't completely leave the military.

He basically just transferred to the National Guard and while in the guard, he was shipped off to do a tour in Italy for a bit.

So even though he wasn't active duty, he was still pretty much in the thick of military life.

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