HUTCHINSON— A Kansas woman who entered a guilty plea to aggravated battery in a Hutchinson murder case will be sentenced Friday morning in Reno County District Court.
Delshay Vinsonhaler of Hutchinson waived her right to a preliminary hearing and pleaded guilty in late January to the single count of aggravated battery in connection with the beating and strangulation death of 29-year-old Lora Beth Stratton.
Stratton was found dumped unconscious in an alley on Aug. 24. She died at a Wichita hospital. Vinsonhaler agreed to the plea deal in exchange for a charge of first-degree murder being dropped.
Stratton and her husband met Vinsonhaler and co-defendant 24-year-old Isaac Ervin online while looking for a place to store their personal belongings. At that time, Ervin is accused of asking for sexual favors in exchange for accepting Stratton’s request.
Ervin recently entered a plea of not guilty in the case after his arraignment last month. He faces charges of first-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, intimidation of a witness and unlawful sexual relations.