(AP) – A Missouri man has been ordered to spend 40 years in
prison after having admitted in court that he played a role in the 2015 robbery
killing of a man in Collinsville, Illinois.
Thirty-five-year-old Jessie James Werley of Farmington, Missouri, was
sentenced Wednesday in Illinois’ Madison County after he pleaded guilty to a
first-degree murder count.
The charge related to the December 2015 death of 68-year-old Daniel Taylor,
whose stabbed body was found in his home in Collinsville, east of St. Louis.
Authorities say a weeklong investigation concluded that the killing happened
during a robbery.
A co-defendant, 45-year-old Eva Heisch, also is charged with murder and awaits
trial.
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