Murder defendant’s girlfriend pleads guilty to obstruction

Murder defendant’s girlfriend pleads guilty to obstruction

PROVO, Utah (AP) — The girlfriend of a man accused of killing a teenage couple cried Friday while listening to relatives of the victims in a Provo courtroom where she pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and was sentenced to jail and probation.

The Daily Herald reported that Morgan Henderson will serve three years in jail or until authorities resolve the pending murder case against 41-year-old Jerrod Baum. Henderson was also sentenced to five years of probation.

Baum awaits trial in the killings of 18-year-old Riley Powell and 17-year-old Brelynne “Breezy” Otteson in December 2017. He’s accused of throwing their bodies in an abandoned mine shaft.

Henderson initially denied knowing about the long-missing teens’ whereabouts but after her March 24 arrest on drug and weapons charges she told police where the bodies were dumped.