A Panguitch man, who told police he’d promised his mother a “green burial” when she died, pleaded guilty Thursday to instead placing her body in a coal bin at their home.
Pete Marker, 66, entered a guilty plea to abuse or desecration of a dead human body, a third-degree felony, in 6th District Court. As part of a plea agreement, a charge of failing to report a dead human body, a class B misdemeanor, was dismissed.
Judge Marvin Bagley gave Marker credit for time served since his Jan. 10 arrest, and sentenced him to two years probation.