The 24-year-old man who was charged with first-degree murder after his traveling partner’s remains were found along the Pima Canyon Trail, partially eaten by mountain lions, has taken a plea.
Daylan Thornton has pleaded guilty to negligent homicide and concealing a dead body.
The Pima County Sheriff’s investigators’ report said Thornton traveled to Tucson from Oklahoma with 66-year-old Steven Mark Brashear in December of 2019…