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(NewsNation) — The mother of the U.S. Navy sailor who was found dead in June near a Naval Station in Norfolk, Virginia, is speaking out after learning the man accused of killing her daughter had a known history of alleged sexual violence.

Esmeralda Castle attended a closed-door Article 32 hearing last Thursday and told NewsNation's "Banfield" that "several groups" within the Navy were aware of Jeremiah Copeland’s past misconduct.

"There is a pattern, and there is a practice [among] people in the military who have these issues that hurt each other and instead of taking care of it, we move it around because people don't want to get in trouble," Castle recently told local outlet WTKR.

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