A second suspect has pleaded guilty in the murder of Kaytlin Root at Krug Park last fall.

Sebastian Dowell, 18, admitted stabbing Root, but denied strangling Root, as asserted by co-defendant Amanda Bennett. Dowell said Bennett knocked the victim on the ground and began strangling her.

Bennett pleaded guilty in February. She told a judge that the killing was part of what she described as a demonic sacrifice.

Root was found by a runner near one of the trails at Krug Park on Oct. 16, 2016.

Dowell is scheduled for sentencing on May 4. Bennett’s sentencing is scheduled May 9.