Alleged illegal immigrant to plead guilty in Marine’s killing – again

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The alleged illegal immigrant charged with killing a Marine and his date in a drunken-driving collision on Thanksgiving Day 2006 again will plead guilty to two counts of negligent manslaughter, his attorney said Wednesday.

Eduardo Morales-Soriano, 27, of Laurel, had a blood alcohol content of .32 percent ? four times the legal limit ? when his Nissan Sentra hit a Toyota Corolla driven by Jennifer Bower, 24, ofMontgomery Village, who was stopped at a red light at the intersection of Routes 175 and 108 in Columbia, according to charging documents. Bower and her passenger, Cpl. Brian Mathews, 21, of Columbia, were killed.

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