A second person is preparing to enter a guilty plea in the death of an Oskaloosa woman last summer. You’ll remember 24-year-old Ashley Shafer’s body was found in the South Skunk River last August. Investigators determined Shafer had been at the apartment of Nicolas and Holly Kelly, and Shafer had overdosed on meth. Nicolas Kelly said he helped dump Shafer’s body in the river and last week, he pleaded guilty to one felony count of abuse of a corpse—he will be sentenced in September. Holly Kelly is due back in court on February 10 to plead guilty to yet undisclosed charges. Cody Vancenbrock, who was also at the Kelly’s apartment when Shafer died, will stand trial in April for involuntary manslaughter, delivery of a controlled substance and aiding and abetting abuse of a corpse.
Second guilty plea scheduled in Ashley Shafer’s death
A second person is preparing to enter a guilty plea in the death of an Oskaloosa woman last summer. You’ll remember 24-year-old Ashley Shafer’s body was found in the South Skunk River last August. Investigators determined Shafer had been at the apartment of Nicolas and Holly Kelly, and Shafer had overdosed on meth. Nicolas Kelly said he helped dump Shafer’s body in the river and last week, he pleaded guilty to one felony count of abuse of a corpse—he will be sentenced in September. Holly Kelly is due back in court on February 10 to plead guilty to yet undisclosed charges. Cody Vancenbrock, who was also at the Kelly’s apartment when Shafer died, will stand trial in April for involuntary manslaughter, delivery of a controlled substance and aiding and abetting abuse of a corpse.