MEXICAN HAT, Utah (AP) - A Utah man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the November 2015 shooting death of his neighbor.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports (https://bit.ly/2pxmqcJ ) 46-year-old Timothy Lee Smith will serve at least 20 years and no more than 30 as part of his Tuesday plea agreement.
Smith is accused of punching his neighbor, 62-year-old Maranny Hatalie Holiday, in the face, then going inside his house and coming back out with a handgun, and then saying to her, “I promise you it will be fast,” before shooting her in the head.
Smith had been arrested by Navajo Nation deputies and police after being spotted three days after the shooting running through the desert.
The shooting took place on the Navajo reservation in San Juan County, just yards into Utah from the state’s border with Arizona.
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Information from: The Salt Lake Tribune, https://www.sltrib.com
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