Analisa Whiteside pleaded guilty on Thursday to one count of second degree murder of a suburban mother.
Ryan Reed, 32, was found shot to death near 154th and Hoyne Avenue in September of 2020.
Whiteside was arrested and charged in December 2022.
She was sentenced to serve 16 years at Illinois Department of Corrections, to be served at 50%. She'll receive credit for 1214 days.
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Reed was a nursing student who had been recently laid off from her job at a medical supply company.
"She had hundreds and hundreds of friends, and always smiling, and laughing," her father said. "Never had anything bad to say about nobody, but somebody decided to take her life."
Investigators have not releasing details about the case.
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