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Long suspected of murder, woman confesses but avoids prison By Felicia Fonseca and Brent Corrado Published  Shelly Norgard and Pamela Pitts (file) FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Pamela Pitts’ body was found burned beyond recognition in a pile of trash in 1988. Tips flooded in blaming a Satanic cult, a drug dealer, an ex-lover, an overdose at an Arizona party spot. It would take more than 30 years, some prison calls and an eyebrow-raising plea deal before a convicted murderer would confess. But in a sho...

View Comments Pamela Pitts body was found burned beyond recognition in a pile of trash in 1988. Tips flooded in blaming a Satanic cult, a drug dealer, an ex-lover, an overdose at an Arizona party spot. It would take more than 30 years, some prison calls and an eyebrow-raising plea deal before a convicted murderer would confess. But in a shocking twist, a court recently agreed the 19-year-olds killer wouldnt spend any more time behind bars. Over the years, investigators couldnt pin down the evid...

Long suspected of murder, she confessed but avoided prison by Felicia Fonseca, The Associated Press Posted May 9, 2021 11:21 am EDT Last Updated May 9, 2021 at 11:28 am EDT FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — There was no shortage of tips about who killed Pamela Pitts, a rowdy but compassionate 19-year-old whose body was found burned beyond recognition in a pile of trash in 1988. A Satanic cult. A drug dealer. A cowboy. An ex-lover. A guy nicknamed “Halftrack.” Or maybe it was an overdose at a spot in cen...

Woman confesses to 1988 murder of her roommate but will serve NO jail time because shes already serving 20 years for killing her ex-boyfriend  Shelly Harmon, 50, agreed to plead guilty in March to the second-degree murder of 19-year-old Pamela Pitts in September 1988 Harmon was convicted of murdering her ex-boyfriend in 1993 and was sentenced to 20 years in prison  As part of the plea deal, she would be sentenced to 20 years in prison But, an Arizona court agreed to give Harmon credit for the...

Allegedly attacked her for damaging some of his possessions. if convicted she could become the fourth woman on death row in arizona. lets talk about it with fox news legal analyst lis wiehl and criminal defense attorney, dwane cates. there is a lot of evidence against her. does she have a case. >> she does and heres why. there were only two people in this room when that happened. there is nobody else and one of them is dead. so he cant tell any kind of a story. so there is only two people in the...

In the bedroom. >> and she is the one with the knife and she is the one with the gun. come on. jon: well, i guess thats why attorneys like to argue in court because it has been a pretty good argument here on television. well continue to follow the new developments in that trial. jodi arias could go to death row in arizona. meanwhile day two of a preliminary hearing in another high-profile murder case about to get underway. this one involves with the gunman charged with going on that deadly rampa...

Uma: welcome back, everybody. explosive testimony at the drew peterson murder trial as a former colleague testifies that peterson offered him $25,000 to hire someone to kill his third wife kathleen savio. the witness telling jurors the request was made months before savio was found dead in her bathtub in 2004. the defense accused the witness making up the whole story to get his 15 minutes of fame. joining us now with thoughts on all this, joey jackson, former prosecutor and criminal defense atto...