Inset: Rebecca Jane Mryglod (Cleburne County Sheriff’s Office). Background: Cleburne County Sheriff’s Office in Heber Springs, Arkansas (Google Maps).
An Arkansas woman has been sentenced to about 20 years in prison after authorities said she shot her ex-boyfriend multiple times, later indicating she had grown exhausted from helping him “battle his spiritual demons.”
Rebecca Jane Mryglod, 38, entered a guilty plea on Tuesday, Aug. 18, to one count of first-degree domestic battery.
The case moved swiftly from plea to punishment: Mryglod received a 240-month sentence, equal to 20 years, in Arkansas state prison. Cleburne County court records show she was also given credit for 648 days already served in pretrial custody.
The shooting that led to the charge happened in November 2024 at a home on Altom Road in Drasco, a small census-designated community about 80 miles north of Little Rock.
Deputies responding to the reported shooting found the victim being placed into an ambulance while “covered in blood” and “screaming in pain,” according to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by Law&Crime.
Investigators said Mryglod had blood on both her clothing and hands when officers encountered her at the scene. About 100 yards away from the home, authorities located a Kel-Tec .22-caliber handgun with “the slide locked back and an empty magazine inside,” according to police.
Mryglod was also bloody outside the residence and appeared distraught, crying and breathing heavily, according to a Cleburne County Sheriff’s Office incident report obtained by People magazine.
The woman asked a detective on the scene whether the man was going to die.
The detective replied that the man was screaming and that was a good sign.
At the sheriff’s office, the defendant was read her Miranda rights and agreed to a custodial interview, authorities said.
“Mryglod stated she and Kevin had split up, but she had moved back in to help him battle his spiritual demons,” the charging document reads. “Mryglod stated she had purchased the .22 pistol three days prior and had been target practicing with it.”
The detective then asked the woman what made her shoot the man.
“Mryglod stated she would rather Kevin be dead and her in prison where she didn’t have to help him battle his spiritual side any longer,” the affidavit continues.
The defendant also described the shooting in detail.
Mryglod said she woke up around 5 a.m. on the day in question and went to her vehicle to grab the gun and ammunition, according to the charging document. After that, the defendant told the detective she went back in the house and “continued with her morning routine and put her daughter on the school bus.”
When the defendant came back in after sending her daughter off to school, the victim was “sitting on the couch,” Mryglod said. So, she asked him if he was going in to work that day.
“Mryglod stated Kevin began to stand up stating what did you and [redacted] do to me,” the affidavit goes on. “Mryglod stated while he was standing up, she turned her head pointing the gun at Kevin and began firing.”
The defendant was initially charged with attempted murder in the first degree, first-degree domestic battery and simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms, but several charges were dropped as part of the plea agreement.
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