Army Spc. Wooster Rancy was found guilty Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, in the 2024 shooting death of another soldier whose body was found in a dumpster on post. (Phelps County Sheriff’s Office)

A jury at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., on Wednesday found a soldier guilty in the 2024 shooting death of another soldier whose body was found in a dumpster on post.

Spc. Wooster Rancy, 22, was convicted of the murder of Sgt. Sarah Roque, 23, and of obstructing justice, according to the Army Office of Special Trial Counsel, which is prosecuting the case.

The court-martial began Jan. 27 at the Pulaski County Courthouse in Waynesville, just outside of Fort Leonard Wood.

The trial now moves into the sentencing phase, which is expected to conclude before the end of the week, according to the special trial counsel.

Army Sgt. Sarah Roque, 23, with her partner Zorro, a mine detection dog, was assigned to Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., since her enlistment in 2020. Roque was killed at the base on Oct. 20, 2024. (Photo provided by Fort Leonard Wood. )

Roque, a mine-detection dog handler from Ligonier, Ind., was reported missing when she failed to show for morning formation on Oct. 21, 2024, and a search for her began within hours, according to the Army Criminal Investigation Division.

She was found dead later that day in a dumpster near a barracks building.

Rancy, a combat engineer from North Miami, Fla., was arrested three days later and has been in pretrial confinement at the Midwest Joint Regional Confinement Facility at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., about 240 miles northwest of Fort Leonard Wood.