A man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder after, prosecutors said, he participated in the killing of a 4-year-old Missouri girl about 85 miles north of Springfield, Mo., in what the county sheriff theorized was a “religious-type episode.”
WARSAW, Mo. (AP) A man accused of participating in the killing of a 4-year-old Missouri girl in what law enforcement theorized was a religious act has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Ethan Mast, 36, entered the plea Tuesday, admitting to his role in the death of Jessica Mast, television station KYTV reported .