Missouri Woman Gets Life for Videotaped Murder

(Independence, Missouri) A 41-year-old local woman, Dena D. Riley, pleaded guilty today, in accordance with an agreement, to murder, kidnapping, sodomy and sex abuse of two women which she committed with her boyfriend, Richard Davis, 44.

For their own perverse enjoyment, Riley and Davis videotaped the violence against the two women.

Riley also pleaded guilty to kidnapping, sodomy and sex abuse in the videotaped attack on Marsha Spicer, 41, of Independence, and to kidnapping, sodomy, sex abuse and assault in a separate videotaped attack on Michelle Huff-Ricci, 36, of Kansas City.

Riley sobbed throughout the hearing as she answered each question from the judge, prosecutor and defense attorney with a simple "yes" or "no."

Huff-Ricci's remains were found in nearby Clay County, where Riley and her boyfriend, Richard Davis, are charged with capital murder.

As part of the deal, Riley was sentenced to life without parole for the murder charge and to eight additional life sentences and 239 years in prison for 25 other counts.

She also agreed to plead guilty in Kansas on a federal charge of kidnapping a 5-year-old girl related to Davis after fleeing the Kansas City area in May 2006. Court documents said the girl had injuries consistent with sexual abuse.

Earlier this year, Davis was convicted and sentenced to death for Spicer's slaying. He also is charged in the federal case.

It's a good thing that these two are off the street.

Tip: SuidaeEmpathy