Man convicted of murdering Columbus woman, shooting at Hastings Police to be sentenced in November

CLAY COUNTY, Neb. — The man convicted of killing a Columbus woman and dumping her body in a Clay County field will be sentenced next month.

Court records show 36-year-old Anthony Mattison will be sentenced November 26th in Hastings for crimes in both Adams and Clay Counties.

Mattison pleaded no contest to second-degree murder for the 2022 shooting death of 25-year-old Jasmine Garnett, whose body was found near Harvard.

He also pleaded no contest to two counts of attempted murder for a shootout with Hastings Police days after Garnett went missing.

Mattison faces up to life in prison when he’s sentenced.