A MAN ACCUSED OF NEARLY BEATING TO DEATH A CIBOLA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IN 2008 HAS MADE A PLEA DEAL WITH PROSECUTORS. 34 YEAR OLD JUSTIN HANSEN HAS AGREED TO PLEAD NO CONTEST TO ATTEMPTED MURDER AND AGGRAVATED BURGLARY. HE FACES UP TO 18 YEARS IN PRISON.
BRITTANI MARCELL WAS BEATEN WITH A SHOVEL INSIDE HER HOME…A CRIME THAT WENT UNSOLVED UNTIL POLICE LINKED HANSEN TO THE SCENE USING DNA EVIDENCE. HIS TRIAL WAS TO BEGIN AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
