Monday in the Pennington County Courthouse, Pedro Simental, who is 44 years old, entered a guilty plea to the charge of manslaughter in the first degree.
During the month of November in the year 2023, Simental killed Edleigha Little by hitting her in the head with a bowl of beans.
Simental and his attorney claimed that Simental and Little had a disagreement when they were participating in the court remotely from the Pennington County jail.
According to the reports, Little was the one who started the physical altercation by ripping Simental’s shirt. Simental claimed that he assaulted Little with the can of beans in an attempt to drive her away from him from the situation.
It is scheduled for November 18 that Simental will have his sentence hearing.
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