Couple pleads guilty in Halifax woman’s horrific murder, dismemberment
HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia couple has been sentenced to life in prison for the killing and horrific dismemberment of a young Halifax mother who pleaded with them to spare her life.
Jason James Johnson and Kelly Amanda MacDonald, who are both in their 30s, pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder and interfering with human remains in the death of Catie Miller, 29.
“She pleaded for her life but you ignored her pleas,” Justice Patrick Duncan told them as he ruled Johnson would be eligible for parole in 20 years, and MacDonald in 16 years.
The judge called it a “cold and heinous crime,” and said both killers had the “sole focus of silencing her forever and then taking extreme steps to try and hide the body and your responsibility.”