CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) - An eastern Missouri woman has been convicted of first-degree manslaughter in the 2019 death of her boyfriend, whom police say she ran down with her pickup truck in a Chesterfield parking lot.
A jury convicted Kathryn Marsh, 39, of St. Charles County, on Monday of the lesser count following a trial in which she was charged with second-degree murder, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
Prosecutors said Marsh ran over Matthew Baker, 40, on March 29, 2019. Witnesses told police Marsh purposely backed over Baker and then ran over him again in a lot behind a restaurant. Marsh remained at the scene for police to arrive. Prosecutors said she admitted at the time to being drunk.
Marsh’s attorney, Megan Beesley, said Marsh had been willing to plead guilty to the lesser manslaughter charge two years ago, but prosecutors refused.
Marsh faces up to 10 years in prison when she’s sentenced on June 4.
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