A man accused of beating a woman to death in front of her children and dumping her body in a sinkhole in Pulaski County pleaded guilty Thursday morning.
Police say Johnny Ray Hendrix, 35, killed Monica Wells during a fight last fall. Her body was found in the sinkhole the next day.
Hendrix pleaded guilty to murder and tampering with physical evidence. A 25 year sentence was recommended – 20 years on the murder count and five for tampering with evidence.
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Well’s mother described the brutality of the attack.
“He crushed her skull; knocked her teeth out; broke her neck, jaw, arms, ribs, legs. He broke every bone in her body,” Brenda Helton said. “Shot her in the leg and threw her in the sink hole.”
Formal sentencing is scheduled for May 21.
