KARK reports that Justin Staton, 15, pleaded guilty in circuit court in Conway today to the July 2015 shooting deaths of Robert and Patricia Cogdell, the 66-year-old couple with whom he lived.
He pleaded to two counts of first-degree murder and two counts each of abuse of a corpse, robbery and theft. He received a 35-year prison sentence. The bodies were found in woods, a day after the time authorities believe they were shot. The bodies were moved, apparently to cover the crime.
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Three other teenagers face murder charges in the deaths.
Staton had been scheduled to go to trial next week.
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Prosecutors have said the murder/robbery plot was hatched in juvenile jail. Staton was arrested in Conway. Others were taken into custody in Texas.