[fullwidth background_color=”” background_image=”” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding_top=”20″ padding_bottom=”20″ padding_left=”0″ padding_right=”0″ hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” menu_anchor=”” class=”” id=””][title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”underline solid” sep_color=”#000000″ margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” class=”” id=””]Man pleads guilty, confesses to murder near St. Cloud[/title][fusion_text]Friday, August 7th 2015
One of two men charged with murder in the shooting death of Jamie Wylie pleaded guilty Wednesday, telling a judge that he, not his co-defendant who previously had been accused of being the shooter, shot Wylie. 25-year old Joshua Lee Smith pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting intentional second-degree murder. He told Benton County District Court Judge Michael Jesse that he shot Wylie twice in December 2013 on a county road near Foley. Court records and statements from prosecutors previously indicated that investigators believed 27-year old Travis Michael McKinney had shot Wylie. McKinney is scheduled to stand trial next week on first-degree murder charges in the case. Smith’s plea, which calls for a sentence of 33 years, four months, contained other statements that are inconsistent with what investigators believe happened. For instance, Smith said he left Wylie’s body in a ditch along Benton County Road 4, west of Foley. But Wylie’s body eventually was found behind the Honda House, east of St. Cloud. Smith said in court that he shot Wylie in the hip and in the head and neck area in December 2013.
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