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A third defendant charged in connection with the 2014 shooting death of a Cedar City man has pleaded guilty.

Eric Albert Rodriguez, 31, pleaded guilty Tuesday in 5th District Court to first-degree felony murder for "aiding and abetting" the shooter in the slaying of 44-year-old Shawn Multine.

In exchange for his plea, prosecutors dismissed one count each of aggravated burglary and obstructing justice.

Rodriguez faces a 15-years-to-life prison term when he is sentenced May 10 by Judge Keith Barnes

In December, Angelo Seth Carrasco, 35, pleaded guilty to aggravated murder, admitting that he shot and killed Multine — his ex-girlfriend's stepfather. Charges of aggravated burglary and aggravated assault were dismissed as part of a plea deal, according to court records.

Carrasco now faces one of two possible sentences: an indeterminate 25-year-to-life prison term, or life in prison without the possibility of parole. A two-day sentencing hearing is set to begin April 21.

A third defendant, Carrasco's ex-girlfriend, 20-year-old Clarissa Bulletts, was sentenced in December to one to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree felony manslaughter, admitting in court records that she "recklessly caused" her stepfather's death.

Police believe that on Oct. 21, 2014, Bulletts drove Carrasco and Rodriguez, to Multine's home and provided a gun, which had been kept in her trunk.

The woman then tried to lure Multine from his home via a text message, according to a probable cause statement filed in court. When that didn't work, police say she remained in the area, and after the shooting, drove Carrasco and Rodriguez to another location.

Rodriguez also was accused of trying to lure Multine from the home and, when that did not work, yelling for Multine to come outside the home as Carrasco allegedly broke into the house and fired the gun.

Iron County Attorney Scott Garrett said Thursday that during Bullett's April 2015 preliminary hearing there was testimony from the two male co-defendants that Bulletts had told them that her stepfather had molested her.

"That's what we believe was the motive [for the murder]," Garrett said.