PAWNEE COUNTY — A Kansas man accused in the murder of his wife has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter.

Twenty-seven-year-old Jacob Ohnmacht of Larned entered the plea Thursday in the December 2016 death of his 21-year-old wife Kayla Parrett at their rural Pawnee County home.

In court Thursday, Ohnmacht admitted to the crime and that his wife had threatened to leave him, according to Chastity Parret, the victim’s mother, who attended the hearing in Pawnee County.

He also had told law enforcement he found her hanging in an outside garden shed.

Ohnmacht is also charged with multiple counts of interference with law enforcement and was facing the start of a trial in the case February 26, according to Pawnee County Attorney Doug McNett.

A sentencing date has not been scheduled.

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PAWNEE COUNTY — A Kansas man accused of murder is scheduled for a plea hearing Thursday in Pawnee County.

Jacob Ohnmacht, is accused of the December 2016 murder of his wife 21-year-old Kayla Parret at their rural Pawnee County home, according to a media release from the Pawnee County Attorney’s office.

Ohnmacht was facing the start of a trial Monday on charges of second degree murder and multiple counts of interference with law enforcement, according to Pawnee County Attorney Doug McNett.

In June of 2017, Ohnmacht was in custody on unrelated charges when prosecutors charged him with Parret’s murder.

Ohnmacht has previous convictions for domestic battery, criminal threat, aggravated battery and criminal damage to property, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.

 

In August of 2017, Ohnmacht was found guilty of trying to contaminate food when he spit on pizza he made for a police officer at Casey’s General Store in Larned.