Oakridge, TN (WOKI) An Oak Ridge woman pleads guilty Tuesday, September 5 to dismembering a woman and raping two children.
Twenty-five year-old Rebecca Dishman pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the death of 36-year-old Jennifer Paxton. She was sentenced to life in prison for murder and an additional 50 years, to be served at 100%, on two counts of Rape of a Child from a subsequent investigation.
Dishman must also cooperate with state prosecutors in the death penalty case against her co-defendant Sean Finnegan.
Paxton’s dismembered body was found in a freezer in August 2020 during a search of the home Dishman and Finnegan shared.
Finnegan’s trial is set for August 2024.
