A Fort Hood soldier was indicted by a Bell County grand jury on a murder charge after police said he choked a woman to death at a Killeen hotel in 2019.
Cory Latrell Grafton, 20, has been held in the Bell County Jail on a $1 million bond since his arrest on Nov. 4, 2020. Grafton is a soldier with the 1st Cavalry Division.
He is accused of killing 32-year-old Chelsea L. Cheatham on June 3, 2019. She had been found unconscious and not breathing at the Killeen Days Inn, 1602 E. Central Texas Expressway. At the time of the incident, it was unknown if her death was by natural causes and an investigation was initiated. KPD detectives later received the results of the autopsy and it was determined the manner of death was ruled a homicide.