The man who killed a Navy sailor aboard a ship in Virginia has previously faced a murder charge in North Carolina. Court records show that Jeffrey Savage ended up pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter and was out of prison in less than two years. Charged in the 2005 shooting death of Maurice Griffin in Charlotte, Savage shot Griffin and left his body on the roadside when the two were driving from Georgia to Virginia. Prosecutors planned on seeking the death penalty against Savage if he didn’t settle the case with a plea. Savage later entered a guilty plea in 2008 and was released from prison in 2009.
