UPDATE: Sentencing continued for July 9 for woman who helped dispose of homicide victim’s body

Credit: DaytonDailyNews

The sentencing for the Springfield woman who pleaded guilty to charges related to the disposal of a homicide victim was continued for July 9.

Hannah Whitman, 25, 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, said Clark County Assistant Prosecutor Andrew Picek.

Whitman was initially scheduled to be sentenced today.

The defense filed a motion to continue the hearing. We are working to learn if the continuation was granted.

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Whitman was charged in connection with the murder of Tiffany Chambers, a Jacksonville 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 last month, the second murder of which he’s been convicted.

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