Prather Sentenced to Life in Prison
COUDERSPORT – Jonothan ‘Jeep’ Prather, age 20, will spend life in prison after pleading guilty to murdering 18-year-old Samuel Miller.
Prather was sentenced Monday in Potter County court. In June of last year he pleaded guilty to shooting 18-year-old Samuel Miller eight times in the head and chest.
One of his co-defendants, 16-year-old Kaylynn Benson, also of Coudersport, pleaded guilty earlier this month to third-degree murder. A second co-defendant, 26-year-old Avery Buckingham, is awaiting trial on a murder charge. Jury selection is scheduled for May.
