Kevin Ware Jr., 30 Years in Jail for Homicide of Girlfriend Taylor Pomaski

Former NFL participant Kevin Ware Jr. has pleaded responsible to the homicide of his girlfriend, Taylor Pomaski, in keeping with native information shops.

Ware agreed to take a plea deal in courtroom on Wednesday, Might 7 — simply days forward of jury choice for his trial — and accepted 30 years in jail for homicide and tampering with proof, “particularly a corpse” within the 2021 demise of Pomaski, in keeping with KPRC-TV, KRIV-TV and the Houston Chronicle.

After prosecutors provided Ware a plea deal in courtroom, Decide Brian Warren pressed Ware for a call, saying, “I’m going to play soccer with you proper now,”  per the Houston Chronicle. He warned the previous soccer tight finish that the plea deal would expire, and if the trial went forward, Ware may face life in jail.

Ware reportedly mentioned he would “take into consideration” the supply earlier than leaving to debate the plea cope with his attorneys. After about 20 minutes, he returned to the courtroom and accepted the deal, per the outlet.

The Harris County District Lawyer’s Workplace and Ware’s lawyer, Neal Davis III, didn’t instantly reply to PEOPLE’s request for remark. 

The previous Washington Redskins and San Francisco 49ers participant was indicted by a grand jury in Harris County, Texas in July 2022 on homicide and tampering expenses in reference to Pomanski’s demise, greater than a yr after she disappeared.

29-year-old Pomaski was final seen at a celebration at her house in Spring, Texas, on April 25, 2021. Police looked for clues in her disappearance, however had been unable to seek out something till December of that yr, when the Harris County Sheriff’s Division found human stays in a north Harris County ditch. The stays had been recognized as Pomaski on the finish of April 2022.

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Previous to her disappearance, Ware was arrested in Harris County on two counts of possession with intent to ship a managed substance, and illegal possession of a firearm as a felon. He was launched on $23,000 bond on April 20, 2021 — 5 days earlier than Pomaski vanished. He finally took a plea deal and was given a 15-year concurrent sentence for each of these earlier expenses.

In response to charging papers obtained by the Houston Chronicle, Ware was accused of utilizing a knife, a blunt object, and strangulation, together with “a fashion and means unknown to the grand jury” to kill Pomaski.

In courtroom data additionally obtained by the outlet, a girl alleged to investigators that Ware informed her he minimize Pomaski’s throat and burned her physique, and even took a photograph of the hearth on his telephone on the time. 

Ware will perform his jail sentence for Pomaski’s demise concurrently along with his sentence for his drug and weapons expenses, per the Houston Chronicle, which added that his formal sentencing is scheduled for Friday, Might 9.

Ware’s NFL profession was short-lived. After enjoying faculty soccer on the College of Washington, he spent elements of the 2003 and 2004 NFL seasons with Washington and San Francisco, respectively. He solely ever appeared in 16 NFL video games, in keeping with Professional Soccer Reference.