NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n\n\n- Former NFL player Kevin Ware Jr. agreed to take a plea deal in court on Wednesday, May 7 and agreed to 30 years in prison for murder and tampering with evidence in the 2021 death of his then-girlfriend Taylor Pomaski<\/li>\n
- Pomaski ‘s dead body was discovered in December 2021 and Ware was indicted by a Harris County, Texas grand jury in July 2022 on charges related to her death<\/li>\n
- Ware’s formal sentencing is scheduled for Friday, May 9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Former NFL player\u00a0Kevin Ware Jr.<\/a>\u00a0has pleaded guilty to the\u00a0murder of his girlfriend, Taylor Pomaski<\/a>, according to local news outlets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nWare agreed to take a plea deal in court on Wednesday, May 7 \u2014 just days ahead of jury selection for his trial \u2014 and accepted 30 years in prison for murder and tampering with evidence, “specifically a corpse” in the 2021 death of Pomaski, according to\u00a0KPRC-TV<\/a>,\u00a0KRIV-TV<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Houston Chronicle<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\nAfter prosecutors offered Ware a plea deal in court, Judge Brian Warren pressed Ware for a decision, saying, \u201cI\u2019m going to play football with you right now,\u201d\u00a0 per the\u00a0Houston Chronicle<\/em>. He warned the former football tight end that the plea deal would expire, and if the trial went ahead, Ware could face life in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWare reportedly said he would \u201cthink about\u201d the offer before leaving to discuss the plea deal with his attorneys. After about 20 minutes, he returned to the court and accepted the deal, per the outlet.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>Kevin Ware Jr. via Montgomery County Jail.<\/span>Montgomery County Jail<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe Harris County District Attorney’s Office and Ware\u2019s attorney, Neal Davis III, did not immediately respond to PEOPLE\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nThe former Washington Redskins and San Francisco 49ers player was indicted by a grand jury in Harris County, Texas in July 2022 on murder and tampering charges in connection with Pomanski\u2019s death, more than a year after she disappeared.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n29-year-old Pomaski was last seen at a party at her home in Spring, Texas, on April 25, 2021. Police searched for clues in her disappearance, but were unable to find anything until December of that year, when the Harris County Sheriff’s Department discovered human remains in a north Harris County ditch. The remains were identified as Pomaski at the end of April 2022.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nWant to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for\u00a0PEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/5Db9n7ou9kwOW0HomAaL8qSLi7I=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x524:751x526):format(webp)\/taylor-pomaski-63593dbc5f4044b29ce43ad0304dbab0.jpg\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>Taylor Pomaski via Facebook.<\/span>Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nPrior to her disappearance, Ware was arrested in Harris County on two counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, and unlawful possession of a firearm as a felon. He was released on $23,000 bond on April 20, 2021 \u2014 five days before Pomaski vanished. He eventually took a plea deal and was given a 15-year concurrent sentence for both of those previous charges.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAccording to charging papers obtained by the\u00a0Houston Chronicle<\/em>, Ware was accused of using a knife, a blunt object, and strangulation, along with “a manner and means unknown to the grand jury” to kill Pomaski.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nIn court records also obtained by the outlet, a woman alleged to investigators that Ware told her he cut Pomaski\u2019s throat and burned her body, and even took a photo of the fire on his phone at the time.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>Kevin Ware of the Oakland Raiders poses for his 2005 NFL headshot.<\/span>Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWare will carry out his prison sentence for Pomaski\u2019s death concurrently with his sentence for his drug and weapons charges, per the\u00a0Houston Chronicle,\u00a0<\/em>which added that his formal sentencing is scheduled for Friday, May 9.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nWare’s NFL career was short-lived. After playing college football at the University of Washington, he spent parts of the 2003 and 2004 NFL seasons with Washington and San Francisco, respectively. He only ever appeared in 16 NFL games, according to\u00a0Pro Football Reference<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pomaski’s dead body was discovered in December 2021, and Ware was indicted by a Harris County, Texas, grand jury in July 2022 on charges related to her death … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27005"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27007,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27005\/revisions\/27007"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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- Former NFL player Kevin Ware Jr. agreed to take a plea deal in court on Wednesday, May 7 and agreed to 30 years in prison for murder and tampering with evidence in the 2021 death of his then-girlfriend Taylor Pomaski<\/li>\n
- Pomaski ‘s dead body was discovered in December 2021 and Ware was indicted by a Harris County, Texas grand jury in July 2022 on charges related to her death<\/li>\n
- Ware’s formal sentencing is scheduled for Friday, May 9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Former NFL player\u00a0Kevin Ware Jr.<\/a>\u00a0has pleaded guilty to the\u00a0murder of his girlfriend, Taylor Pomaski<\/a>, according to local news outlets.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nWare agreed to take a plea deal in court on Wednesday, May 7 \u2014 just days ahead of jury selection for his trial \u2014 and accepted 30 years in prison for murder and tampering with evidence, “specifically a corpse” in the 2021 death of Pomaski, according to\u00a0KPRC-TV<\/a>,\u00a0KRIV-TV<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Houston Chronicle<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n
After prosecutors offered Ware a plea deal in court, Judge Brian Warren pressed Ware for a decision, saying, \u201cI\u2019m going to play football with you right now,\u201d\u00a0 per the\u00a0Houston Chronicle<\/em>. He warned the former football tight end that the plea deal would expire, and if the trial went ahead, Ware could face life in prison.<\/p>\n
\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWare reportedly said he would \u201cthink about\u201d the offer before leaving to discuss the plea deal with his attorneys. After about 20 minutes, he returned to the court and accepted the deal, per the outlet.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n\n \n<\/div>\n<\/div>Kevin Ware Jr. via Montgomery County Jail.<\/span>Montgomery County Jail<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n The Harris County District Attorney’s Office and Ware\u2019s attorney, Neal Davis III, did not immediately respond to PEOPLE\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nThe former Washington Redskins and San Francisco 49ers player was indicted by a grand jury in Harris County, Texas in July 2022 on murder and tampering charges in connection with Pomanski\u2019s death, more than a year after she disappeared.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n29-year-old Pomaski was last seen at a party at her home in Spring, Texas, on April 25, 2021. Police searched for clues in her disappearance, but were unable to find anything until December of that year, when the Harris County Sheriff’s Department discovered human remains in a north Harris County ditch. The remains were identified as Pomaski at the end of April 2022.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nWant to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for\u00a0PEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/div>\n\n \n<\/div>\n<\/div>Taylor Pomaski via Facebook.<\/span>Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Prior to her disappearance, Ware was arrested in Harris County on two counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, and unlawful possession of a firearm as a felon. He was released on $23,000 bond on April 20, 2021 \u2014 five days before Pomaski vanished. He eventually took a plea deal and was given a 15-year concurrent sentence for both of those previous charges.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n\nRelated Stories<\/div>\n\nEx-NFL Player’s Wife Texted ‘Kill Him,’ and Now She’s Accused of Murder-for-Hire Plot<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWho Killed Steve McNair? The Details Behind the 2009 Murder-Suicide<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAccording to charging papers obtained by the\u00a0Houston Chronicle<\/em>, Ware was accused of using a knife, a blunt object, and strangulation, along with “a manner and means unknown to the grand jury” to kill Pomaski.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nIn court records also obtained by the outlet, a woman alleged to investigators that Ware told her he cut Pomaski\u2019s throat and burned her body, and even took a photo of the fire on his phone at the time.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n\n \n<\/div>\n<\/div>Kevin Ware of the Oakland Raiders poses for his 2005 NFL headshot.<\/span>Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Ware will carry out his prison sentence for Pomaski\u2019s death concurrently with his sentence for his drug and weapons charges, per the\u00a0Houston Chronicle,\u00a0<\/em>which added that his formal sentencing is scheduled for Friday, May 9.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nWare’s NFL career was short-lived. After playing college football at the University of Washington, he spent parts of the 2003 and 2004 NFL seasons with Washington and San Francisco, respectively. He only ever appeared in 16 NFL games, according to\u00a0Pro Football Reference<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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