WATCH: Man pleads guilty to murder of Dylan Rounds after leading law enforcement to burial site

James Brenner pleaded blameworthy to nan execution of Dylan Rounds connected May 15. | Jordan Wood, EastIdahoNews.com

BRIGHAM CITY, Utah — James Brenner admitted to nan execution of 19-year-old Dylan Rounds aft starring rule enforcement officers to nan funeral tract arsenic portion of a plea statement Wednesday.

Brenner walked into nan courtroom limping and weak, but Rounds’ mom, Candice Cooley, says it’s each an act.

“(Brenner) puts connected this quality that he’s anemic and feeble,” Candice Cooley, Rounds’ mother, tells EastIdahoNews.com. “People person to recognize he’s been successful jailhouse for almost 2 years now. That was not nan man he was erstwhile he did what he did to Dylan.”

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Rounds vanished from his workplace successful nan godforsaken municipality of Lucin, Utah, complete Memorial Day play successful 2022. The 19-year-old said pinch his grandma connected nan telephone earlier beryllium vanished and was ne'er heard from again. His family spent nan past 2 years searching for answers.

Brenner squatting connected spot adjacent Rounds’ workplace erstwhile nan young man disappeared, authorities said.

During court, Judge Brandon Maynard publication nan allegations to Brenner, including caller specifications that he had changeable Rounds successful nan caput aggregate times. When asked if nan allegations were true, Brenner simply stated, “Yes, sir.”

As portion of nan agreement, Brenner pleaded blameworthy to nan second-degree execution of Rounds and 2 counts of possession of a firearm by a restricted person. All different charges were dropped.

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Brenner agreed to show rule enforcement nan location of Rounds’ remains, which occurred connected April 9. The assemblage was recovered successful Lucin, but nan nonstop area is unknown.

Dylan Rounds | Courtesy photo

Brenner besides received a simplification from nan first-degree felony aggravated execution of Rounds to second-degree felony murder. The statement stated that nan sentences for each of nan charges will tally consecutively, and situation clip is mandatory.

He will person small in installments for clip served – 17 days – while he was successful nan section jail.

Both nan defense and prosecution agreed to urge a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 30 years successful situation astatine sentencing.

According to Cooley, this is not astir capable situation clip for what Brenner admitted to doing to her son.

“More than likely, Brenner will dice successful prison. But it shouldn’t moreover beryllium an option. It should beryllium 25 to life,” says Cooley. “But nan justness strategy forced america into this type of plea.”

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Rounds’ parents worked intimately pinch prosecutors to unafraid a plea woody to find nan remains of their son, according to a news merchandise from nan Box Elder County Attorney’s Office.

“Being capable to bring Dylan location and bring this prosecution to a successful conclusion is simply a awesome relief,” says Box Elder County Attorney Stephen Hadfield successful nan release. “It has been astonishing to spot what nan tireless and unrelenting efforts of truthful galore different group tin accomplish. We wouldn’t beryllium present coming without each of their individual contributions.”

Brenner’s sentencing is scheduled for July 1 successful Brigham City.