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Jul 29, 2008 11:35 am US/Pacific

Man Pleads Guilty To Voluntary Manslaughter

FAIRFIELD, Calif. (AP) ― A former Travis Air Force Base sergeant has admitted killing his pregnant wife with a hammer in 1994.

Saner Wonggoun (SANE-er WON-goon) pleaded guilty to voluntary
manslaughter on Monday, 14 years after he dumped his wife's body in
Marin County and fled to his native Thailand.

Wonggoun says he exploded over his wife's gambling debts and after discovering she was pregnant with another man's child.

Military prosecutors are now trying to prove the crime was murder.

Air Force Technical Sgt. Don Osborn says that under military law, prosecutors are seeking a conviction for unpremeditated murder as Wonggoun's court martial continues Tuesday.

They have ruled out the death penalty.

Wonggoun, now 60, eluded capture until 2006.

He fought extradition until February.

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