Woman Pleads Guilty In Social Worker Murder

02/16/2010


Woman Pleads Guilty In Social Worker Murder
MetroNews
Huntington, Cabell County



A Cabell County woman pleads guilty to kidnapping and murder in the death of a Lincoln County social worker.

Rosemary Forney was set to go on trial Tuesday, but instead accepted a plea agreement.

She was immediately sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison with mercy. As part of the deal, she'll be eligible for parole in 30 years.

Forney and Steven Foster, Jr. were charged in the June 2008 death of Brenda Yeager. The social worker was paying the couple's young child a visit at their home when she disappeared.

According to investigators, Yeager was held at gunpoint, sexually assaulted and then suffocated.

Steven Foster, Sr. has been charged with helping to conceal Yeager's body. The victim was found in a burned out car not far from the alleged crime scene.

Foster, Jr. is set to go on trial next week, February 23rd, in Cabell County.


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