A Pennsylvania man faces up to 100 years behind bars for brutally beating a police informant, pumping him full of fentanyl, and then hurling his body off a bridge.<\/p>\n
Steven Gaddis, 28, pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy to commit third-degree murder, aggravated assault, kidnapping, and intimidation of a witness in connection with the 2024 death of 25-year-old Matthew Whisman, WHTM reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n Gaddis, along with the victim\u2019s own cousins, Alexander Whisman and Jeremy Absher, were arrested in October and accused of killing Whisman over his plan to cooperate with cops investigating a shooting in Maryland in January.<\/p>\n Steven Gaddis pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit third-degree murder, aggravated assault, kidnapping, and intimidation of a witness in connection with the 2024 death of Matthew Whisman. Lancaster County District Attorney<\/p>\n Whisman arrived at a home in East Drumore Township \u2014 65 miles west of Philadelphia \u2014 on April 3, 2024, when Gaddis went through his phone and discovered a message indicating he was working with police, according to court documents obtained by the outlet.<\/p>\n Gaddis and the two other men, aged 25 and 17 at the time, then dragged Whisman into a bathroom and beat him senseless before allegedly forcing him to shower to wash away any evidence.<\/p>\n The trio then took him to the basement and fed him when Gaddis allegedly approached Whisman and asked, \u201cHow would you feel if it\u2019s your last supper?\u201d causing the victim to drop his head and weep, court documents said.<\/p>\n