A 24-year-old Zuni Pueblo man pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of his stepfather in Oregon.
Jesse Shawn Wewa admitted to stabbing his stepfather Charles Lesarlley, 46. He reportedly told investigators that he did not like the way Lesarlley was treating his mother.
Lesarlley was reportedly a member of the Warm Springs Tribes of Oregon. Wewa had been living in Oregon with his mother and stepfather.
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Man pleads guilty to killing stepfather
(The Oregonian 2/7)
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Zuni man pleads guilty to murder of stepfather
Tuesday, February 7, 2006
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