PERU, IN- After a Summitville man’s body was found four years ago in the Okie Pinokie woods near Peru, one of the co-defendants, Brittany Morris, 21, of Jonesboro, was sentenced Wednesday to 48 years in the Indiana Department of Correction.
The sentencing stems from the May 19, 2018, murder of 22-year-old Drake Smith.
Earlier this year, Morris was convicted by a jury on felony charges of aiding, inducing or causing murder; aiding, inducing or causing robbery; and a misdemeanor charge of theft in connection to Smith’s death.
Marion resident Ethan Cain and La Fountaine resident Joshua Kean, are the case’s two other co-defendants.
Cain pleaded guilty to felony murder and was sentenced in connection with Smith’s death. He is currently serving 55 years in the Indiana Department of Correction.
Kean’s next pretrial conference is tentatively scheduled for June 16.