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Man pleads guilty to killing co-worker at mountain inn

Associated Press

FILE - This undated photo provided by the Buncombe City-County Bureau of Identification shows Derek Shawn Pendergraft. A new indictment alleges sexual assault was the motive for the killing of Sara Ellis , a cook at the scenic North Carolina mountain inn last summer. Federal prosecutors announced Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, they filed a superseding indictment adding two counts of aggravated sexual abuse resulting in death against Derek Shawn Pendergraft. (Buncombe City-County Bureau of Identification via AP)

Prosecutors: Sex assault was motive for scenic inn killing

By JONATHAN DREW - Associated Press

Federal grand jury indicts man in death of lodge worker

Associated Press

Investigators stand along the trail where a woman's body was found, Thursday, July 26, 2018 near Brevard, N.C. Sara Ellis, a female cook who went missing at a scenic North Carolina inn was killed by a co-worker during a hike and left along a path near the famed Blue Ridge Parkway, federal authorities said Thursday. (Angela Wilhelm/The Asheville Citizen-Times via AP)

Slaying at scenic mountain inn rattles seasonal workers

By JONATHAN DREW - Associated Press