A Joplin woman originally charged with murder of a Neosho man takes a plea deal.

 49-year-old Carla Jo Ward, one of six people charged in the 2020 kidnapping and death of Michael Hall, agreed to plead guilty to charges of kidnapping and being a felon in possession of firearm.

 Two more of the six plead guilty recently in Federal Court, Russell Hurtt and James Gibson.

 Officials say Hall had stolen a travel trailer from Freddy Tilton, the same trailer that Tilton stole from someone else. Ward asked Hall to meet her. The others joined them later, where they ended up tying Hall up and beating him, before eventually killing him. Ward participated in the clean-up after the death.

 Three other participants in the death are expected to sign plea agreements as well; they are 38-year-old Amy Thomas of Webb City, 48-year-old Freddie Tilton of Joplin, and 49-year-old Lawrence William Vaughan.

 Ward will be sentenced at a later date.