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,...

Diena Thompson said she began to consider the possibility after meeting with State Attorney Angela Corey, who she said told her weeks before Harrell's guilty plea there were some concerns over how police got Harrell's confession.

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.

ORANGE PARK, Fla. -- Somer Thompson's mother is speaking out after her daughter's killer was sentenced to life in prison.

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 ...

Somer Thompson's twin brother had no intention of addressing her killer after he pleaded guilty last Friday, but watching other family take the stand gave him a sense of courage that made his mother beam inside.

Somer Thompson's twin brother had no intention of addressing her killer after he pleaded guilty last Friday, but watching other family take the stand gave him a sense of courage that made his mother beam inside.

Diena Thompson, who saw Jarred Harrell sentenced to six consecutive life sentences for the rape and murder of her 7-year-old daughter Somer, predicted Wednesday that he would meet his death at the hands of other inmates: “He is going to leave that prison in a coffin.”

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 ...