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Arizona teen pleads guilty to killing staffer at Utah youth ranch

Clay Brewer, of Snowflake, Ariz., admitting that he beat to death 61-year-old Jimmy Woolsey with a piece of metal rebar on Dec. 6, 2016. That is a first-degree felony. He also pleaded guilty to second-degree felony aggravated assault for injuring another worker at Turn-About Ranch School.

Prosecutors say the teen was sitting around a fire in the early morning with other campers of Turn-About Ranch School when Woolsey approached. Brewer struck Woolsey in the head several times with a piece of rebar. Woolsey was later taken to a hospital where he died.

(Courtesy of Sena Spencer) Jimmy Woolsey and his family.
(Courtesy of Sena Spencer) Jimmy Woolsey and his family.