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Three in Colo. plead guilty for death of tribal member


The U.S. Attorney's Office in Colorado announced on Wednesday three guilty pleas for the murder of a Ute Mountain Ute tribal member.

The three, who are also members of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, beat and stabbed Richard Bearshead to death on November 25, 1998. One of the three was a minor when the crime happened.

The guilty pleas were entered by Toby Cuthair, now 26; Nathaniel Taylor, now 21; and Darrell Ketchum, now 26. Ketchum will be sentenced in July and hearings for the other two are pending.

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Three Ute Mountain Utes Plead Guilty in 1998 Murder (ABC News 4 3/25)