US Edition10 Years After a 22-Year-Old Was Killed in a Murder-for-Hire Plot, the Last of 5 Defendants Is Sentenced
SOUTH DAKOTA, JUL 7 – Richard Hirth received South Dakota's maximum sentence for abetting first-degree manslaughter in a murder-for-hire plot that resulted in Jessica Rehfeld's death.
- Richard Hirth, aged 44, was sentenced to life imprisonment on July 7 for his role in the 2015 murder-for-hire killing of 22-year-old Jessica Rehfeld in South Dakota.
- The murder-for-hire plot, initiated by Rehfeld's ex-boyfriend Jonathon Klinetobe, followed a restraining order and involved Grayson offering payments for multiple murders.
- Rehfeld left with Hirth and David Schneider after accepting a ride to work, struggled for 20 minutes as Schneider restrained her, and was fatally stabbed by Hirth before being buried.
- Ashley Grayson was sentenced to 120 months for murder-for-hire, and Klinetobe paid $80,000 to men who relocated Rehfeld’s body to a second grave near Rockerville, with officials calling the killing calculated and cold-blooded.
- Hirth’s sentencing concludes a decade-long investigation, with law enforcement affirming their commitment to root out violent crime and protect the community.
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10 years after a 22-year-old was killed in a murder-for-hire plot_ the last of 5 ...
RAPID CITY — The quest for justice in the heinous murder of a South Dakota woman a decade ago has come to a close. Richard Hirth, 44, was sentenced to life Monday, July 7, for his involvement in a 2015 murder-for-hire plot, which resulted in the death of 22-year-old Jessica Rehfeld. ADVERTISEMENT Hirth, who fatally stabbed Rehfeld multiple times before burying her in a shallow grave, pleaded guilty Monday to abetting first-degree manslaughter. A…
10 years after a 22-year-old was killed in a murder-for-hire plot, the last of 5 defendants is sentenced
RAPID CITY — The quest for justice in the heinous murder of a South Dakota woman a decade ago has come to a close. Richard Hirth, 44, was sentenced to life Monday, July 7, for his involvement in a 2015 murder-for-hire plot, which resulted in the death of 22-year-old Jessica Rehfeld. Hirth, who fatally stabbed Rehfeld multiple times before burying her in a shallow grave, pleaded guilty Monday to abetting first-degree manslaughter. As part of the …
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