Monday, May 15, 2017

'48 Hours' Boyfriend pleads guilty after girlfriend falls 150 feet to her death

48 HOURS on CBS. The 2016 episode was called, “Trail of Tears.” Rhonda Casto fell 150 feet to her death off a narrow trail inside the “Columbia River Gorge” forest (Oregon). Her boyfriend Steven Nichols was with her and claimed that it was an accident. Police investigators called it murder and Steven was arrested. There was no evidence of him physically pushing Rhonda over that cliff.

Steven has pleaded guilty to criminal negligent homicide 2017. Investigators found that he increased Rhonda's life insurance policy to $1 million a few months before her death in 2009. He was arrested in 2015 who was living in China with him and Rhonda's daughter. As part of his guilty plea. He got 3 years probation with 19 months in jail already served while awaiting trial.

In the episode, “Trail of Tears.” Rhonda's family claimed that she wanted to end her relationship with Steven. He claimed otherwise because she was waiting for a wedding proposal. He said he was gonna propose soon, but she fell off that cliff and he never got a chance to.

You can watch the full episode of “Trail of Tears” over at the CBS website. Below is the Sneak Peek TV preview. Peter Van Sant reports.

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