HUTCHINSON -A Kansas woman entered a guilty plea to intentional second-degree murder on Friday in the strangulation death of 38-year-old Mary Ann Arnett in June of last year.
Jamie Hatfield, 27, Hutchinson, enter the plea to the single count while all other charges were dismissed by the District Attorney.
Arnett’s body was found in a dry creek bed near Nickerson.
An autopsy showed she had been strangled by a cell phone cord and extension cord.
Prosecutors say Hatfield and Jonathan Perser-Wilson were involved in Arnett’s death.
PerserÂWilson was shot and killed by police during a confrontation the day after Arnett’s body was found.
Arnett and Hatfield had previously dated but when Arnett’s body was found, Hatfield was in a relationship with Wilson.
Sentencing in the case is set for July 22.