A third defendant has pleaded guilty to being part of a plot to kidnap and terrorize two New York college students.
Twenty-year-old Samantha Hughes is one of nine people charged after the abduction and torture of the two University of Rochester seniors in December.
The victims, both from the Chicago area, were reported missing Dec. 5, hours after they were last seen near university's campus. The incident ended Dec. 6 when police determined they were being held in a house four miles away and sent in a SWAT team to rescue them.
Hughes pleaded guilty Wednesday to kidnapping.
Monroe County prosecutors say Hughes, during a Supreme Court hearing, described using text messages to entice the male victims to attend what they thought would be an off-campus party. Instead, they were beaten, sexually assaulted and held against their will inside a Rochester house for 40 hours. One of them was shot.
Under a plea agreement, Hughes will spend 15 years in prison. Sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 23.
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