Man pleads guilty to 2022 murder near Domain
AUSTIN, Texas - The murder trial of Gavin Roberts was originally supposed to begin on Monday, Feb. 5 in Austin, however, he pleaded guilty instead.
Roberts was going to be tried for the murder of Justin Haden, and instead took a plea deal.
Haden was last seen alive in the early morning hours on Nov. 1, 2022.
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An arrest affidavit said video showed Haden and Roberts going into Haden's apartment on Halloween night. Roberts left the next day struggling with a plastic bin with a suitcase on top.
Seventeen days later, Roberts called Austin police from Colorado and said he was with Haden on Halloween night, but said he didn't know where he was.
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A week and a half later, police said Roberts admitted to stabbing Haden and told them where to find the body.
Roberts was sentenced to 50 years in prison.