Springfield man enters guilty plea in shooting death of his wife

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - A man wanted in the shooting death of his wife in late May of 2022 entered a guilty plea.

Jacob Hodgkins, 32, of Springfield, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Ada Hodgkins, 42. A judge will sentence Hodgkins on August 27.

Officers found Ada Hodgkins with a gunshot wound. Investigators say Hodkins told emergency workers her husband shot her. She later died at a Springfield hospital.

Hodgkins surrendered to the authorities a few days later in Utah.

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