The man who escaped from a Warren County prison and kidnapped and elderly couple pled guilty to the murder of Jamestown woman in Chautauqua County Court on Tuesday.
37-year-old Michael Burham pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the death of Kala Hodgkin during a final conference before jury selection was scheduled to begin on January 13.
After the plea, the trial was canceled and Burham is scheduled to be sentenced on March 2.