GLASGOW, Mont. (AP) - A Montana man has admitted to killing a woman who was stabbed, beaten with a tire iron, struck by a car and left unconscious in the road on New Year’s Eve.
The Billings Gazette reports (https://bit.ly/2w5fQBq ) 29-year-old Jay Witkowski of Shepherd pleaded guilty to deliberate homicide Wednesday in the death of 31-year-old Evelynn Garcia. A plea agreement recommends a 70-year term when Witkowski is sentenced in October.
The two people who found Garcia told deputies they saw a car speeding away. Garcia died on Jan. 3. An autopsy found she had stab wounds in her throat and chest and a fractured skull.
Investigators said Witkowski’s car had a broken windshield and blood inside and out. Officers also found a bloody tire iron.
Court records say Witkowski told investigators he had used meth and marijuana on New Year’s Eve.
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Information from: The Billings Gazette, https://www.billingsgazette.com
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