COQUILLE, Ore. (AP) — A woman who fled cross-country with her husband and child after a double murder outside Bandon, Ore., has agreed to testify against her husband.
Jessica Morris has also pleaded guilty to a felony charge of hindering prosecution. In return for her cooperation, Coos County Circuit Court Judge Richard Barron agreed to release her from jail on Monday and sentenced her to three years probation. If she successfully completes the probation and doesn’t leave the state, the charge will be reduced to a misdemeanor.
Her husband Gabriel Morris is charged with aggravated murder in the Feb. 8 shooting deaths of his mother, 62-year-old Robin Anstey, and 48-year-old Robert Kennelly Jr.
Gabriel and Jessica Morris were tracked down in Virginia on Feb. 22. Their 4-year-old daughter is living with grandparents in Blackfoot, Idaho. Gabriel Morris is jailed in Manassas, Va., fighting extradition to Oregon.
