A squatter charged with murdering a Utah teenager has officially pleaded guilty to the crime.
James Brenner was charged in the 2022 disappearance of 19-year-old farmer Dylan Rounds, whose remains were found last month after Brenner told authorities where to find the body. On Wednesday, Brenner formally pleaded guilty to Rounds’ murder, the Box Elder County Attorney’s Office said in a press release.
Brenner had reached a plea deal with prosecutors that required him to tell authorities where Rounds’ body had been left.
“In exchange, Brenner received a reduction from first-degree felony aggravated murder to second-degree felony murder. The second charge, desecration of human remains, was dismissed,” the attorney’s office said.
Brenner also pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of a firearm by a restricted person. His plea agreement closed three cases, two of which related…
