A 20-year-old Bremen man on Wednesday pleaded guilty to the murder of a 15-year-old Bremen girl.
According to a report from the Marshall County Prosecutor’s Office, Fabian Rubio pleaded guilty to murder in connection with the death of Desi Jones. The prosecutor’s office dropped additional charges of sexual misconduct with a minor and abuse of a corpse.
Jones’ body was found in a wooded area a few miles from her home on Dec. 19 2014 — the same day her family filed a missing person’s report.
According to a Tribune report at the time of Rubio’s arrest, he fled town the day Jones’ body was found but returned two days later and agreed to meet with police. Police found a bloodstain on the rear license plate of Rubio’s truck and after a search warrant was executed for the vehicle on Dec. 22, 2014, officers found nine separate bloodstains in the bed of the truck and on the spare tire underneath the bed.
During the execution of a second search warrant, for Rubio’s home, investigators found a black t-shirt, glove and shingle hammer, each stained with blood. Tests later determined it was Jones’ blood.
Rubio faces between 45 and 65 years in prison when he is sentenced next month.
