According to court documents, Amy L. Hartley, 38, of Buffalo, Mo. pleaded guilty on Dec. 23 to one charge of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. Benton County Associate Circuit Judge Mark B. Pilley sentenced Hartley to five years in the Missouri Department of Corrections...
Warner pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of a child and conspiracy to commit second-degree statutory sodomy in to the teen’s death.
Balbirnie faces charges of second-degree murder, first-degree assault, forcible rape, and forcible sodomy. He is set to appear in court for a pre-trial conference on March 14, 2016. His jury trial is scheduled to begin on April 25, 2016.