Utah teacher pleads guilty to killing ex's girlfriend in front of kids
02/23/2020 11:40 am PST
via KSTU:
WEST JORDAN, Utah (KSTU) -- A former Utah high school health teacher pleaded guilty Friday to aggravated murder and other charges, admitting she shot and killed her ex-husband's girlfriend.
Chelsea Watrous Cook, 33, went to her ex's apartment on Nov. 25, 2018, and fatally shot 26-year-old Lisa Vilate Williams in front of Cook's 3-year-old twins.
Cook pleaded guilty to aggravated murder, aggravated burglary, three firearm-related felonies and two misdemeanor charges of committing a violent offense in front of children.
Prosecutors allege that Cook had initially gone to her ex-husband's apartment that November evening to give her children cold medicine.
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