Marissa Wright appeared before Saline County Circuit Judge Gary Arnold early Wednesday and, through a plea arrangement, entered two guilty pleas to murder in the first degree. Arnold sentenced Wright to two life sentences with the Arkansas Department of Correction. The sentences will run concurrently...
It was revealed in the proceeding that Myra Fay Terry of Hot Springs Village helped Wright dispose of the body of Joey Richards in the backyard of Wright's home. Terry previously negotiated a plea to testify in the Wright trial in exchange for 10 years' probation. She pleaded guilty to charges of hindering apprehension or prosecution, abuse of a corpse, and tampering with physical evidence...
In court today Wright testified that Joey Richards barged into her home on Oct. 8, 2010 and began fighting with the occupants inside. Wright admitted that she grabbed a gun and shot Richards, that the occupants except for Terry left the home, that no medics were contacted to come to the home, and that later she and Terry disposed of Joey Richards' body behind her home.
