Man enters guilty plea in killing of Utah train worker
KEMMERER, Wyo. — A 23-year-old man avoided facing the death penalty by pleading guilty to kidnapping and killing a Utah train worker in Wyoming.
Dereck James Harrison entered his plea Monday during his arraignment in District Court in Kemmerer.
Harrison pleaded guilty to first-degree murder while perpetrating a kidnapping and kidnapping in the May slaying of Kay Porter Ricks, 63, The Salt Lake Tribune reported (http://bit.ly/2oFRacD).
Prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty in exchange for Harrison’s guilty plea. Sentencing has been scheduled for May 17.