Overview
- Bailey entered a guilty-and-mentally-ill plea to two counts of aggravated murder and one count of aggravated assault under an amended agreement.
- Judge Keith Barnes reviewed and accepted the plea in 5th District Court after confirming Bailey understood the proceedings.
- Sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 19 at 9 a.m., according to the court hearing.
- Prosecutors had initially filed nine first-degree felonies and one third-degree felony in June 2024 and later announced they would not seek capital punishment.
- Police say Bailey admitted to shooting parents Gail and Joseph Bailey on June 18, 2024, following a manhunt that ended with her surrender to a SWAT negotiator; she also allegedly assaulted corrections officers while in jail that October.