Jacob Block Sentenced in Abbi Schaeffer's Death

0:00Jacob blocked just pleaded guilty in Jackson County Court to accessory charges in the death of Abby Schafer specifically abandoning a corpse and tampering with evidence. He got hit with three years on each count running one after the other for a total of six years behind bars. Earlier this week, the sentencing came down after Schafer went missing back in May of 2022. Her family reported her gone on May 30, saying they last saw her a week earlier on the 23rd. Her remains turned up nearly a year later on April 1st, 2023, stuffed in a broken box in a ditch near East 95th Street and Blue River Road in South Kansas City, Missouri. Schafer's older sister, Audrey Davis, shared how the family created a space online to celebrate Abby's beauty and remind everyone how deeply she was loved by so many. With this guilty plea locked in, the case edges toward closure for a family that's waited years for answers, marking another step in Kansas cities. On-going push for justice in these tough stories.

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