RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) - A Rutland man has admitting to killing a woman whose body was found in a car on a Proctor road in 2019.
Shawn Michael Laplant, 30, pleaded guilty Wednesday to second-degree murder in the death of Alicia Harrington, 44, the Rutland Herald reported.
Harrington’s husband called police on March 5, 2019, because his wife had not picked up their young son from an after-school program. Police determined that the last number on Alicia Harrington’s cellphone was Laplant’s.
That same day, police got a tip about a body in a car on a Proctor road. Laplant denied having seen Harrington or having a sexual relationship with her. Police found a conversation on Laplant’s cellphone that implied Harrington was headed to Laplant’s home on March 5, the Rutland Herald reported.
A man who knows Laplant said Laplant admitted to strangling Harrington in his home after an argument. The man told police where they could find a shoe and a sock that Laplant had removed from her.
Laplant will be sentenced after the Vermont Department of Corrections completes a pre-sentence investigation. The prosecutor and defense have agreed that the sentence would be a minimum of 20 years and a maximum of life in prison.
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