A Jeannette woman who pleaded guilty to third-degree murder has rescinded the plea and will now head to trial.
The Tribune-Review reports that 39-year-old Crystal Belle had pleaded guilty in September for the beating death of 19-year-old Khalil Parker of Brentwood. She allegedly tied him up and used a shovel handle to kill him in her home on South Seventh Street back on June 11th of 2016.
The guilty plea would allow her to avoid a mandatory life in prison sentence, and she could have received up to 40 years in prison.
Belle will remain in jail without bail as she awaits her trial, which has not been scheduled yet.
