But the tone now is different. She just wishes that he had told her about it, because she would have given him a single piece of advice on how to handle it with regard to the military: Get the hell out., Pat dials the number of the doctor at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where Winchell was transported. [5], The harassment was continuous until the Fourth of July weekend, when Winchell and fellow soldier Calvin Neal Glover, 18, fought after Winchell accused a boasting Glover of being a fraud. That material includes more than 30 interviews conducted by army investigators, versions of what happened by both Glover and Fisher, and other crucial investigative material. Ruiz says he heard Fisher say, over and over, that he was going to kick Winchells ass good, but then he passed out. Both had been drinking beer throughout the day. This same day, soldiers will be ordered to clean Alpha Module, according to one soldiers written statement, even though it is a crime scene. Glover appeared so abject in a photograph that even Clinton said he ached for him. A 19-year-old private, Calvin Glover, was later court-martialed and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder. In particular, the report singled out Private Winchell's first sergeant, who has since been relieved of his duties, for not ending the harassment. He and Fisher are together again, doing time at the U.S. disciplinary barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. A native of Missouri, Winchell enlisted in the Army in 1997 and was transferred in 1998 to Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Winchell walked back outside and offered Glover a couple of beers as a peace offering. Still, an age exception was approved, and he was allowed to enlist even though he wasnt yet 18. Ruiz felt that Winchell was depressed, and thanks to the Dont tell part of the policy, there was virtually no one he could talk to anyway, even in confidence. Image here. Calvin Glover is now 33 and serving a life sentence. According to court documents and statements made in court, from 2010 to 2013, Calvin Glover and his co-conspirators defrauded the U.S. of $7.2 million by filing false claims with the IRS for biodiesel tax credits. There is a certain presence to him, a way of smiling that is a little bit devil-may-carewhat his mother, Pat, jokingly calls his shit-eating grin.. Calvin Glover, 18, was found guilty of premeditated murder Wednesday in the beating death of Pfc. In 1999, Fisher and others took Winchell to a Nashville club, The Connection, which featured transgender performers, where Winchell met a trans woman showgirl named Calpernia Addams. During the trial, his defense claimed Fisher had goaded him into committing the murder and that it wasn't intentional. Glover wouldnt accept that either. He did his basic training at Fort Benning, in Georgia, and was assigned to the 502nd at Fort Campbell at the end of March 1999. In Lincoln, he had held a series of menial jobsat McDonalds, at TGI Fridaysand he couldnt even do the McDonalds job particularly well. Army leaders need to deal with this problem head on, and stop the harassment. Winchells head faces the wall, leaving the left side exposed to Glover. He never mentions Winchells name once in the letter, and he states that Fisher was involved on a level that has never been revealed. Winchell told Glover that he had a bottle of Southern Comfort in his room if Glover wanted some. The faggot, they call him. He put the hair in a storage locker in Florida. But Fisher didnt. He called Pat every week. His accent wasnt so theatrical, and he was way funnier than Baz Luhrmann gives him credit for. But the report, whose findings were first reported by CBS News, also concluded that the 101st Airborne does not suffer from an unacceptable degree of homophobia, officials said. Private Winchell's mother, Patricia Kutteles, a registered nurse from Kansas City, Mo., was quick to accuse the Army of a cover-up. At some point during the party, Winchell showed up. Fisher dropped out of high school, then got his G.E.D. Glover and his co-conspirators formed a company, Shintan Inc., that purported to be in the business of producing biodiesel. Matthews stays with Winchell on the second-floor landing. (Total time: 8 minutes, Hearing time: 1:50-1:58)APPEARANCES: Hetal Doshi on behalf of the Government, Thomas Hammond on behalf of the defendant, Gary Burney on behalf of pretrial. Calvin N. Glover, 18, of Sulphur, Okla., is charged with premeditated murder in the slaying of Pfc. Prosecutors were apparently willing to drop some of the major charges against Fisher because they believed that without his aid it might have been possible to convict Glover only of the lesser offense of unpremeditated murder. Sergeant Kleifgen is in the group that meets them at the Nashville airport, and it becomes rapidly clear to them that he admired their son in the classic way that a sergeant admires a grunt. A psychologist testified that he'd gotten along with black youths and gay youths at his youth home, in contrast to previous claims that he was a racist homophobe. Specialist Justin R. Fisher, 26, Private Winchell's roommate, was sentenced to. It seeps through the comforter and forms a Rorschach pattern on the cot. In addition to the term of imprisonment imposed, U.S. District Judge Raymond P. Moore ordered Glover to serve three years of supervised release and to pay approximately $591,454 in restitution to the United States. Thats why Winchell had been crying, they said. Timing devices were found in his possession, and there were indications that he was contemplating getting back at someone he didnt like. Barry Winchells skull fractures like an eggshell. The following is a reconstruction of what happened during those terrible early-morning hours of July 5, 1999, and the events that led up to it. On Aug. 8, 2020, Glover pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States. At Private Glover's trial in December, soldiers testified that Private Winchell had been taunted for months with name-calling, rumor-mongering and an inquiry into his private life that was supposed to be forbidden under military policy. It is somewhere around 1:30 in the morning in the haze of boredom and beer that defines so much of life in the barracks of Delta Company. She said that she and Wally were looking forward to visiting him in Nashville at the end of August to celebrate his 22nd birthday. He knew that if he let Glover get up he would just start swinging again. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. In March 1997, Glover and another kid were stopped by the Sulphur cops on suspicion that they had been huffing gasoline. Calvin N. Glover will begin Thursday. Sometime in the spring of 1999, while the company was practicing field maneuvers, Kleifgen flat out asked Winchell if he was gay. The S.L.D.N. Later on, when Pat retrieved his possessions, she found it, tied neatly in ribbons. [10], Fisher pleaded guilty to two counts of obstruction of justice, one count of providing alcohol to a minor, and three counts of false swearing and was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison. While Fisher had acted as an apparent peacemaker during the fight, he sure wasnt going to let Glover forget about it. [2], Calvin Neal Glover was born in Sulphur, Oklahoma. Barry had attention-deficit disorder and dyslexia. The letter is in certain places groping and pathetic, as if he still has no real idea of the horror of what he did, and he suggests that his memory of the crime is questionable because he was so drunk. He even let Fisher and Private First Class Jonathan Joyce borrow his car to go to Niagara Falls on Memorial Day weekend; the two soldiers repaid him by getting into an accident. Still, there was something about himthe way he took apart his toys and put them back together again, the way he could spend hour upon hour with a set of Legos. Prosecutor Captain Gregg Engler said "It's premeditated - murder without a doubt. ''But when the leadership discovered the problem, action was taken.''. As a Private First Class, he was assigned to the 2nd Battalion 502nd Infantry of the 101st Airborne Division. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Tiefland. As a Private First Class, he was assigned to the 2nd Battalion 502nd Infantry of the 101st Airborne Division. In one case, an air-force senior airman named Bryan Harris, while being prosecuted for sodomy and assault on Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii, was given a lesser sentence after supplying the names of 17 other soldiers who had allegedly engaged in homosexual activity. But the United States, virtually alone among NATO countries, stands firm claiming that homosexuality in the military can irrevocably damage the morale and cohesion of fighting units. ''But it is an exaggeration to think that every gay at the base is being harassed.''. He said he'd found God in prison. He is wearing a pair of black shorts, he has a white T-shirt over one of his shoulders, and his clothes are soaking wet. The very fact that he was allowed to enlist was proof of how desperate the army had become, particularly for grunts willing to serve in the mud n blood of the infantry. Fisher was Winchell's roommate at Fort Campbell,. Just about everyone in the company started referring to Winchell as a faggot. That included a sergeant who allegedly said that he was going to get that little faggot because he suspected that he was coming on duty smelling of alcohol. If there is anything unique about their drunkenness on this night, its that they havent passed out yet. He thinks he has a chance to get his sentence reduced if he can show that his actions were not premeditated. He is joined by Sergeant Bradley Harden, who applies a field dressing. Defendant continued on bond. The recruiter even visited the house once, and Pat decided that the military would be great for her son because it would help him find a career, help him feel better about himself. "[citation needed] Fisher and Winchell had their own history of physical altercations as roommates in the barracks of Ft. Campbell. In some of the messages, Fisher seems buoyant and almost giddy, as if he knows a wonderful secret. Blades of grass are stuck to his face. You and me are in the family. Winchell," said defense attorney Captain Thomas Moshang. [5] After deliberating, military jurors decided to give Glover a chance at parole. Despite campaigning by the Kutteleses and LGBT activist groups, the Commanding General of Fort Campbell at the time of the murder, Major General Robert T. Clark, refused to take responsibility for the purported anti-gay climate at Fort Campbell under his command. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. Glover and Fisher head outside and see Winchell lying on the cot. Because he was classified as learning disabled, he hung around with kids whom other students scorned as outcasts. But he doesnt want to leave the wrong impression, so hes flexible. Select the best result to find their address, phone number, relatives, and public records. Fisher, acting as if he had just found Winchell, alerts the other soldiers and begs them to help. It is Lieutenant Colonel John C. Stratis calling from Fort Campbell, and he has news about her son Barry. Specialist Steven Medinger was driving and Winchell was in the front passenger seat. At seven A.M. on July 5, Pat Kutteles is sitting at the kitchen table in her apartment in Kansas City. Shop for Vinyl, CDs and more from Calvin Glover at the Discogs Marketplace. Today, Pat thinks she knows why her son left out the details. This is not a homophobic base, he said adamantly. Nicknamed the Screaming Eagles, members of the 101st experienced their first combat on June 6, 1944, when they parachuted in to seize positions west of Utah Beach on the northern coast of France. The guilty verdict carried a mandatory penalty of life in prison, but military. The comments are routine: Die, fag, Kill all fags, and If I ever find out for sure youre a fag, Ill kick your ass., In September 1998, a navy R.O.T.C. Winchell is covered in blood, making his body slippery and difficult to grip. "He was out of control. And as one witness told investigators, he certainly didnt mention that he had once started stroking Winchells feet in the middle of the night when Winchell was sleeping. Once, when he saw a patch on a soldiers flight jacket, he mistakenly thought it meant that the soldier was a skinhead. He has the rank of private first class, and he, too, serves in Delta Company. In 1995, in its first annual report, the S.L.D.N. has also discovered numerous cases that amounted to witchhunts, in which soldiers were pursued for alleged homosexuality with almost religious zeal. On paper the regulations make it clear that service members are not to be harassed, and that harassers should be reported. Born in the USA, he lived in China for three years and traveled extensively in Central America for six years following his retirement. There is a common bathroom and also a common sink. If not the first blow, the second. He even acknowledges that he has just hung himself for conspiracy, and he wonders if he is going to be placed in jail that night. ?1/2 years in prison. Since the start of Dont ask, dont tell, nearly 5,500 homosexuals have been discharged. But he also has worn womens lingerie under his clothing, according to court documents, and once, in the middle of downtown Nashville, he was seen making out with a transsexual. ''There is more than ample evidence of anti-gay harassment, despite a process that foreclosed the participation of gay soldiers. Im gonna tell everyone at work next week that you got your ass kicked by a faggot.. On the day he was sentenced . But it never happened. . At Fort Campbell, Buzz Bissinger investigates Glovers horrifying metamorphosis from soldier to killer, Fishers psychological manipulation of Glover, and the Catch-22 of Clintons Dont ask, dont tell military policy. But there is nothing casual about himit is almost as if he is making up for the time he lost to dyslexia and the constant fight to overcome the stigma of being labeled learning disabled. Unlike Glover and Fisher, Winchell is an exemplary soldier. An Army investigation of events surrounding the murder of a gay private by a fellow soldier at a base in Kentucky has exonerated all officers of blame and has concluded that no climate of homophobia existed at the base, Pentagon officials said today. Joyce heads upstairs and sees Fisher trying to pick Winchell up with a firemans carry. Glover walks around for a few minutes more. He tells her that her son has irreparable brain damage. As part of his plea agreement, charges of participating as a principal to premeditated murder and being an accessory after the fact to premeditated murder were dropped. He and Glover pretty much kept their distance, and Glover considered the matter over. Barry Winchell, 21, was bludgeoned to death with a baseball bat as he slept in his barracks at Fort Campbell. To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. The charges of murder and accessory after the fact are not pursued. The day before the murder, Calvin and Winchell got into a fight. Hell drink; he just wont take his medication when doing so. Then he backtracked. But instead of celebrating their sons 22nd birthday they sit inside a military courthouse, listening to a parade of witnesses testify to the horror of what had happened to Barry Winchell before and during his murder. In October 1998 he wrote to a girl he was dating and excitedly told her that the platoon had been assigned a new squad leader, who was going to move him to another room. He has a plan. Fishers claim to fame is his ability to egg others on, to crawl under the skin and find the raw bone of fellow soldiers who are raw to begin with. Private First Class Arthur Hoffman said he had heard the same stuff from Glover, and he too believed it, because Glover seemed so wired. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. [6] When he was 17, Glover joined the United States Army with his mother's permission. Glover said he was drunk at the time of the murder and was recovering from alcoholism, and that he didn't know why he attacked Winchell. Shields' professional career began at 11 months old, working as a child. The conclusion of that investigation, conducted by the Army's inspector general, Lt. Gen. Michael W. Ackerman, and expected to be released on Friday, states that some members of the unit in which the killing took place, a company within the 101st Airborne Division, held anti-gay attitudes. The investigation is such that many soldiers will have their statements taken more than once, and many crucial questionsparticularly those involving the true depth of Fishers involvement and the anti-gay harassment of Winchellwill be barely touched on initially by the armys Criminal Investigative Division. Fisher tried to climb over the seat and choke Winchell. Then Glover has an idea. But with the macho code of the military, where excessive drinking appears to be a merit badge all its own, no one in their chain of command seems to care very much. Fort Campbells 105,068 acres straddle the Tennessee-Kentucky border, and it is the headquarters of the 101st Airborne Division. And at the party, Fisher dug deeper. A day after the sentencing of Calvin Glover, President Clintonresponding to his own wifes public assertion that Dont ask, dont tell was not workingcalled the policy out of whack. He blamed the military for that failure, citing poor implementation. The mixture of the two can be unwise, but going on the wagon is not a viable option. Observers felt that he did it because of a combination of too many men, too much alcohol, and too little to do. A psychologist later said Glover had low self-esteem and was more susceptible to alcohol abuse as a result. At that point, Glover and Fisher apparently began messing with Winchell, punching him in the head and running back to Room 303 before Winchell was fully awake. He continues to swing the bat. When they asked Fisher about it, he just smiled. He cannot get through, because, unbeknownst to him or any of the other soldiers, it is impossible to call 911 from inside the barracks. The more Pat and Wally Kutteles learn about what happened to their son, the more sickened they become. That report was supposed to serve as an ''action plan'' for each of the military services to address the problem of harassment of gays.
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