Strandberg pleads guilty to ‘08 murder

Cole Strandberg is led back to the Spokane County Jail on Feb. 14.

Cole K. Strandberg has pleaded guilty to killing a Spokane woman with a crossbow in 2008.

Defense attorney Chris Bugbee has acknowledged in past hearings that Strandberg killed 22-year-old Jennifer Bergeron on Jan. 7, 2008. However, Bugbee argued unsuccessfully to have Superior Court Judge Tari Eitzen find Strandberg, 25, not guilty by reason of insanity.

Read the rest of Tom Clouse’s story here.

Past coverage:

Feb. 26, 2010: Strandberg on cable TV: ‘The horror is real’

Jan. 16, 2008: Strandberg’s parents struggled to get him treatment

Jan. 12, 2008: Deputy remembers his slain niece