Jarred Mitchell Harrell has agreed to plead guilty in the October 2009 slaying of 7-year-old Somer Thompson, bringing a surprise ending to one of the most heart-wrenching murder cases in Northeast Florida history, a source familiar with the investigation has told the Times-Union.

Jarred Harrell, the man accused of killing 7-year-old Somer Thompson in October 2009, will plead guilty in a Clay County courtroom Friday to all charges he's facing in three cases, including murder, to avoid the death penalty, according to sources.

Jarred Harrell, the man accused of killing 7-year-old Somer Thompson in October 2009 pleaded guilty to all charges, including murder. The guilty plea allowed Harrell to avoid the death penalty and the judge sentenced him to life in prison. In addition to Somer's kidnapping, molestation and murder, Harrell also pleaded guilty to unrelated cases of child molestation of a 3-year-old girl and ...

Jarred Harrell, the 26-year-old man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping, raping and murdering Somer Thompson,7, was sentenced to life in prison, without the possibility of parole. Authorities said Harrell confessed to sexually molesting and killing the 7 year old and disposing of her body. His DNA was also found on Somer.

Jarred Mitchell Harrell has agreed to plead guilty in the October 2009 slaying of 7-year-old Somer Thompson, bringing a surprise ending to one of the most heart-wrenching murder cases in Northeast Florida history, a source familiar with the investigation has told the Times-Union.

GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — A man pleaded guilty Friday in abduction and slaying of a 7-year-old Florida girl who was found in a landfill.

Jarred Mitchell Harrell has agreed to plead guilty in the October 2009 slaying of 7-year-old Somer Thompson, bringing a surprise ending to one of the most heart-wrenching murder cases in Northeast Florida history, a source familiar with the investigation has told the Times-Union.

GREEN COVE SPRINGS - Jarred Mitchell Harrell pleaded guilty this afternoon to the October 2009 slaying of 7-year-old Somer Thompson, facing four concurrent life sentences in prison in a murder case that devastated the Orange Park girl's family and horrified a community. There is no chance of parole.Harrell also pleaded guilty to two cases of molesting a young family member in 2008, which carries ...

Jarred Mitchell Harrell has agreed to plead guilty in the October 2009 slaying of the 7-year-old Somer Thompson, bringing a surprise ending to one of the most heart-wrenching murder cases in Northeast Florida history, a source familiar with the investigation has told the Times-Union.

GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. - A man pleaded guilty Friday in the abduction and slaying of a 7-year-old Florida girl who was found in a landfill.Jarred Harrell, 26, was sentenced to life in prison. Somer Thompson, a second-grader and the daughter of Sam Thompson of Graham, disappeared Oct. 19, 2009,...