Man pleads guilty in homicide that led to mountain lions being put down in Pima County

TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) – A man has pleaded guilty in connection with a Pima County homicide that led to three mountain lions being euthanized years ago.

Daylan Jacob Thornton, 26, pleaded guilty to negligent homicide, abandonment of a body, and fraud earlier this week. Thornton had been facing charges of first-degree murder, credit card theft, and identity theft.

Authorities said Thornton dumped the body of Steven Mark Brashear, of Oklahoma, near the Pima Canyon Trail in December 2019…

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