No jail time for Springfield woman who helped dispose body of murder victim

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First report:

A Springfield woman who pleaded guilty in June to charges related to the disposal of a homicide victim is expected to be sentenced this afternoon.

Hannah Whitman, 35, pleaded guilty to one count of tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony, and one count of gross abuse of a corpse, a fifth-degree felony. She faces a maximum of four years in prison.

Whitman was initially scheduled to be sentenced in June, but her attorney filed a motion to continue.

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Whitman was charged in connection with the murder of Tiffany Chambers, a Florida woman who was killed by Prentiss Hare in 2015. Whitman was dating Hare at the time, witnessed Chambers’ murder and helped dispose of her body, according to police.

Hare pleaded guilty to Chambers murder in May, and was sentenced to prison.