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PARKERSBURG A man charged for helping to get rid of evidence in the murder of a Parkersburg woman in the Fall of 2019 has entered into a plea agreement.
Eric Dillon, 30, in custody at the Huttonsville Correctional Center, recently pleaded guilty before Wood County Circuit Judge Jason Wharton to a charge of being an accessory after the fact in the case of the murder of Karen Yeager. He was charged with helping to hide or dispose of evidence in Yeager’s murder.
Under the agreement, he will serve one year on state prison with 302 days credited for time served. According to the West Virginia Division of Corrections website, Dillon is already serving one to 15 years for charges of burglary by breaking and entering as well as grand larceny.
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Dominick McClung, 18,, is led from a courtroom after pleading guilty to murder. He was sentenced Thursday to life with mercy and 1-5 years for concealing a corpse.
PARKERSBURG – A Parkersburg man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for the September 2019 murder of Karen Yeager.
Dominick McClung, 18, was sentenced by Wood County Circuit Judge Jason Wharton for the first-degree murder of Yeager, whose body was found under the Fifth Street Bridge a day after being reported missing.
He also was sentenced to 1-5 years for the concealment of a deceased human body. Both sentences are to run consecutively.
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