Supreme Court upholds Proffit conviction

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By The Associated Press

Story Published: Sep 3, 2008 at 7:49 PM MST

Story Updated: Sep 3, 2008 at 7:49 PM MST

CHEYENNE, WYOMING - The Wyoming Supreme Court has upheld a Gillette man's convictions for murder and conspiracy in the death of a teenager who was strangled and dumped by the side of an interstate highway in 2005.

The court on Wednesday rejected an appeal from Kent Alan Proffit, Sr. He's serving life in prison without parole in the death of Jeremy Forquer, 19. The Wyoming Supreme Court last week also upheld Proffit's separate conviction of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in the death of another teenager.

A jury found that Proffit ordered two Gillette teenagers to kill 16-year-old Bryce Chavers of Gillette in 2005. Chavers had been scheduled to testify against Proffit at a sexual abuse trial.

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