Butler woman sentenced to 36 months in connection with Lyndora slaying
A Butler woman who pleaded guilty to helping hide the body of a Kittanning man after his throat was slashed during a drug deal gone wrong was sentenced Thursday to jail time, after the victim's family delivered impassioned pleas for justice.
Family members of Gregory W. Bosko, 55, pleaded with Butler County President Judge Thomas Doerr to punish Tiffany Hilliard, 31, with the maximum sentence allowed by law.
Ultimately, Doerr sentenced Hilliard to a 36 months incarceration for felony robbery and abuse of a corpse.
She pleaded guilty to those charges Aug. 9, in a deal with prosecutors, after initially being charged with felony robbery, robbery of a motor vehicle, theft, receiving stolen property, hindering apprehension, misdemeanor receiving stolen property, abuse of a corpse and conspiracy counts to all, related to Bosko's killing.
In court Thursday Bosko's brother, Daniel, told Doerr that his brother's killing still “haunts” him.
“The loss of Greg has hurt us beyond words,” Daniel Bosko, the victim's brother, said. “It's unbearable and inhumane . . . there will be no more laughter. Opportunities to say 'I love you, man' (are) gone.”
Police arrested Hilliard and Joshua K. Greaves, 34, of Mercer, Mercer County, in March of last year after police found them in a vehicle owned by Bosko. Police say they were called to investigate a report of the couple using drugs in the car.
Hilliard and Greaves quickly emerged as persons of interest in Bosko's killing. His body was found in a wooded area along Redbud Road on April 1, 2017. County Coroner William Young III ruled Bosko's death a homicide, saying his throat had been cut “multiple times.”
Police, in court documents, said Hilliard told investigators that Greaves killed Bosko during a drug deal in Lyndora, and that afterward she helped him hide the body.
County prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Greaves, who has been charged with criminal homicide and numerous other felonies in the case. His trial is scheduled to begin in early December.
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