Former beauty queen reportedly takes plea deal in murder case

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'A former beauty queen who was once married to the owner of a Kentucky Derby-winning thoroughbred has reportedly struck a deal with prosecutors who were preparing to try her for allegedly luring a man to his death nearly a decade ago.

The Seattle Times reports that Peggy Sue Thomas, 47, will spend four years in prison when she is sentenced next month on charges of first-degree rendering criminal assistance. Thomas, who was crowned Ms. Washington in 2000, had faced a first-degree murder charge in the death of Russel Douglas, who was found fatally shot two days after Christmas 2003.

Thomas, a former beautician, once worked at a salon owned by Douglas’ wife, and allegedly plotted with her then-boyfriend, James Huden, to kill Douglas.'