A Bogue Chitto woman has been locked up for stabbing a man in a community of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indian Reservation.
According to court documents, Bethany Thomas, 27, initiated an argument with the unidentified victim at a tribal home in the Bogue Chitto community which resulted in an altercation between Thomas and the victim.
Thomas armed herself with a knife and stabbed the unarmed victim to death. A federal grand jury initially indicted Thomas for second-degree murder.
The suspect later entered a guilty plea to the lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter.
As stated in court, Thomas admitted to using a knife to stab the victim following a verbal argument and a brief physical altercation.
She will spend just over five years in prison.
