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…