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Stevensville man pleads guilty in mother's death
Summary by Ground News
Ronan Elias Sterling-Shanahan, aka Justin Joe Whitfield, 47, of Stevensville, pleaded guilty to negligent homicide and tampering with evidence in the death of his mother, Eda Lyn Karr, on Thursday, July 6. A sentencing hearing has been set for 9 a.m. on Sept. 5 at the District Court in Hamilton. The maximum penalty for the two felony offenses is 30 years in prison and $100,000 in fines. Karr had been the subject of a missing person investigation and had not been seen by anyone other than Whitfield since August of 2020.