Washington man admits to murdering 3-year-old son in Montana

DILLON, Mont. — A Washington man pleaded guilty Tuesday to murdering his 3-year-old son in a remote Montana field, telling the judge he wanted to take accountability for his actions and "get this over." Jeremy Brent Cramer, 38, appeared in District Court in Dillon wearing prison stripes and ankle bracelets. He spoke haltingly as he admitted killing his son Broderick on July 8 in a field 5 miles outside the southwestern Montana town of Anaconda. Cramer told Judge Loren Tucker he decided to change his plea from not guilty because a prison sentence doesn't much matter with his son dead. "After a few months of thinking about it, I'm taking accountability for it," Cramer told Tucker. "Whether it's eight years or 80 years, my son's not here. I just want to get this over."

Cramer was arrested July 8 after an Anaconda convenience store employee found him washing blood from his clothes in the business's restroom. Cramer's wife, Nataliya, told police in Lacey, Wash., that her husband had taken their son and had not answered phone calls or text messages. Investigators found Broderick's beaten and stabbed body the next morning in the field. Beside the body were a knife and two rocks covered with blood and hair. Police found bloody keys and a knife on Cramer when he was arrested. They also found an empty container for a generic substitute of the stimulant Adderall that had been filled five days earlier, according to court documents.

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