LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The woman accused in the 2021 killing of Carly Schaaf has been sentenced.

Rachel Pageler, 29, has been sentenced to five years in prison with three days credit for time served.

After taking a plea deal , Pageler was charged with accessory to manslaughter and abandoning human skeletal remains. She will not face post-release supervision.

Pageler and her then-boyfriend, Joesef Barraza, were arrested in January of 2022 in the death of 23-year-old Carly Schaaf.

Prosecutors accused Pageler and Barraza’s brother, Danyl Barraza, of helping Barraza conceal Schaaf’s body at Pawnee Lake after she was murdered. She testified against Joesef Barraza at his June trial .

After taking a plea deal, Danyl Barraza, 20, was convicted of accessory to manslaughter, instead of

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