Final defendant involved in Hunter Tash-Smith murder case pleaded guilty to charges

Montanna Reed

 

The third and final defendant involved in the murder of a 18-year-old hitchhiker pleaded guilty to her charges.

Montanna Reed of Twin Falls, along with co-defendants Nicholas Vandenberg and Willie Rabey, were arrested in connection to the death of Hunter Tash-Smith in 2017.

Tash-Smith was hitchhiking at the time, from Oregon to Nebraska for a job.

The Idaho Press reports, Reed was initially charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and failing to report a death. She pleaded guilty instead to felony conspiracy to commit second-degree murder and failing to report a death as part of a plea deal that included taking the death penalty off the table in her case.

Reed’s sentencing is set for early September. All three defendants could face life in prison.

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