Camp Pendleton Marine Lance Cpl. Darren Evans will face court-martial in February for the premeditated murder of his roommate, 19-year-old Lance Cpl. Mario Arias.

A Marine Corps spokesman told Camp Pendleton Patch the trial will begin on February 4.

As Home Post previously reported, Arias was found dead in his Camp Pendleton barracks on November 6, 2011. Evans, who was 19 at the time, allegedly attacked Arias with the claw ...

Camp Pendleton Marine Lance Cpl. Darren J. Evans, accused of savagely beating to death roommate Lance Cpl. Mario Arias, will be court-martialed for the crime.

The North County Times reports Lance Cpl. Evans, 19, will be tried on charges of premeditated murder for allegedly attacking Arias with the claw end of a crowbar, resulting in nine different head wounds on the victim.

Arias, 19, was found dead in his Camp ...