19 Year Old Lea Chali Porter Missing since June 5, 2014 in Westminster, CO Man confesses/convicted in her death

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Christopher Waide pleads guilty to murder of high school friend Lea Chali Porter

By:
Deb Stanley, TheDenverChannel.com Team , Lindsay Watts, Jennifer Kovaleski
Posted:
10:34 AM, Sep 25, 2015
Updated:
10:49 PM, Sep 25, 2015
The man accused in the disappearance of Lea Chali Porter pleaded guilty Friday to charges of second-degree murder and sexual exploitation of a child.

Christopher Adam Waide pleaded guilty to the charges as part of a plea bargain. He will be sentenced to 48 years, according to the Adam's County District Attorney's Office.

    Porter's family said her brother and boyfriend confronted Waide and he allegedly confessed to killing her and explained how he did it. Family members recorded the confession and gave it to police.

Porter's body has never been found.

Investigators said Waide has maintained he put Porter in a dumpster. Investigators found Porter's clothes and cell phone during a 45 days search of the landfill associated with the dumpster, but could not find her.

Porter's mother, Rene Jackson, said she's still trying to come to terms with never knowing where her daughter's body is.

"She's been discarded somewhere,"  said Jackson. "Whether he's hidden her some place where he can go back and visit her--that’s truly what my momma heart says. And I feel that way because I know his history."