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May092012

Teen Pleads Guilty to Burying Classmate on Nevada-Utah Border

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(ELKO, Nev.) -- A West Wendover teenager accused of killing a Nevada classmate pleaded guilty to murder charges in Elko Wednesday morning.

The Elko Daily Free Press reports that Kody Cree Patten, 19, pleaded guilty to the first-degree murder of Micaela "Mickey" Costanzo, 16, whose body was found in a shallow grave in a remote area near the Utah-Nevada border.

Patten’s girlfriend at the time of the March 2011 slaying was Toni Fratto, who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison in April.

Patten will be sentenced at 10 a.m. on July 31.

Copyright 2012 ABC News Radio

DateWednesday, May 9, 2012 at 3:50PM AuthorRebecca Fenton

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