James Brenner has pled guilty to murdering 19-year-old Dylan Rounds two years after he went missing in Utah.
The county attorney’s office stated that the plea deal required Brenner to disclose the location of the young farmer’s remains before his court appearance on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Rounds’ skeletal remains were found in April.
“In exchange, Brenner received a reduction from first-degree felony aggravated murder to second-degree felony murder. The second charge, desecration of human remains, was dismissed,” the press release added, noting that Brenner also pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of a firearm by a restricted person.
A third case for aggravated assault, predating and not relating to Dylan’s death, was dismissed. Under the plea deal, Brenner will serve the sentences for each charge consecutively, and “prison is mandatory.”
Responses