MILAM COUNTY, TX — Two people have pleaded guilty for their parts in the 2016 murder of a Rockdale woman.
Emily Hacker went missing on Jan. 20, 2017. Just over a week later, her body was found in a shallow grave in rural Burleson County.
Candice Nicole Jones and Edward Brannon Barry each pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the 20th Judicial District Court on Thursday morning.
The state is seeking a 50-year sentence for both defendants. Jones and Barry waived all rights to an appeal.
In 2017, two others, John Steward and Ashley Wesson-Zawadzke, were also indicted in connection to Hacker’s murder.
Sentencing hearings for Jones and Barry have been scheduled for July.
