BRISTOW, Okla. – An Oklahoma grandmother who was arrested in connection to a 1992 triple homicide case pleaded no contest Tuesday.
67-year-old Beverly Noe pleaded no contest to accessory to murder charges for the deaths of Wendy Camp, 6-year-old Cynthia Britto, and Lisa Kregear.
The three vanished in 1992. Their skeletal remains were found in a pasture in 2013.
Prosecutors say Noe’s brother told investigators to dig there.
Beverly Noe was arrested in 2014 in connection to the triple homicide.
Prosecutors allege Noe killed the victims so she could raise her grandson by herself.
On Monday, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation officials announced the state had offered Noe a plea deal.
Noe was originally charged with first-degree murder, but pleaded to the lesser charge of accessory to murder to avoid going to trial next month.
The judge sentenced Noe to 15 years in prison and 15 years on probation.
This isn’t quite the ending the victims’ families wanted, but they say they finally have some closure.
“It hasn’t been easy for me,” Wendy Camp’s husband, Leon Camp says. “I’ve had nightmares.”
DA Cook says he’s satisfied with the plea deal because trying a cold case is never easy.
“We have the issue of the age of the case, it’s 23 years old, approximately, and evidence becomes unavailable, witnesses become unavailable. One of our witnesses has been in a coma recently,” District Attorney Max Cook said.
The victims’ families still have unanswered questions but say they’ve finally gotten some justice.
“I am thankful this is coming to an end, that’s all I can say. it’s been a long time,” Camp said.
“Were there other people involved? We feel definitely there were, that she was not the only one. She did not act alone. Her mother, Ida Prewitt was a suspect. Prewitt died a couple years ago,” Cook said.
Because Noe pleaded to the lesser charge, she may not have to serve 85 percent of that sentence and could get out of prison early. That’ll be up to the Department of Corrections to decide.
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