One of three defendants charged with the murder of Richard Berry April 25 has been sentenced to ten years in prison. Sean Liechti of St Joseph pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder on October 16 before Buchanan County Circuit Judge Daniel Kellogg.

Liechti was one of three people accused in the stabbing death of Mr Berry, allegedly carried out as part of a robbery. Mr Berry’s body was recovered from the Third Fork of the Platte River near Easton.

Co-defendant Kelli Hoard also pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder last week, and is scheduled for sentencing in December.

A third defendant did not accept a plea offer. Primalton Peterson III is scheduled for trial in January on charges of first-degree murder, armed criminal action, and abandonment of a corpse.