Man sentenced for fatally stabbing 22-year-old woman in murder-for-hire plot orchestrated by victim's ex

RAPID CITY, S.D. (TCN) -- A 44-year-old man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for fatally stabbing a 22-year-old woman nearly a decade ago in a murder-for-hire plot orchestrated by the victim's ex-boyfriend. In a news release, the Pennington County State's Attorney's Office said a judge sentenced Richard Hirth on July 7 to life in prison without the possibility of parole in connection with the death of Jessica Rehfeld. He pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting first-degree manslaughter, and in exchange, his initial first-degree murder charge was dismissed. According to