A man implicated in the 2006 death of a woman in Simpson County while he was a fugitive from a Wyoming prison entered a guilty plea Monday on all charges against him.

Mickey Joe Dusenbery, 39, pleaded guilty in Simpson Circuit Court to second-degree manslaughter, tampering with physical evidence, second-degree forgery and being a first-degree persistent felony offender.

Simpson County Commonwealth’s Attorney Clint Willis said that Dusenbery, who was scheduled to go to trial May 5 on the charges, entered a “blind plea,” wherein he admitted guilt without the prosecution ever having made an offer of a plea agreement.

Dusenbery admitted to causing the death of Kimberly Renea Hammonds, 38, of Portland, Tenn., by asphyxiation on Jan. 8, 2006. Hammonds’ body was discovered by staff at the Econolodge in Franklin.

Her family had requested that no plea offer be extended to Dusenbery.

Willis said that at the time of the offenses, Dusenbery was an escaped inmate from a Wyoming prison, where he had been serving a sentence on forgery charges.

“He actually portrayed himself as a soldier going back overseas to the Middle East,” Willis said when asked what Dusenbery was doing in Kentucky. “He was showing his supposed military ID … what he was showing was his prison ID from Wyoming as if it was his military ID with the word ‘prison’ cut off.”

Authorities in Indiana captured Dusenbery a couple of days after Hammonds’ death. Police there found Hammonds’ purse and some of her clothing in Dusenbery’s car, Willis said.

By pleading guilty in the absence of an offer from the commonwealth, Dusenbery is essentially throwing himself on the mercy of the court, Willis said.

Because of his prior felony convictions, Dusenbery can face anywhere from 10 to 40 years in prison on the Simpson County charges.

Prosecutors waited to bring Dusenbery back to Kentucky until he completed his sentences in Wyoming in order to maximize his time in custody.

“(Hammonds’) family is highly offended at the thought of him out from behind bars,” Willis said, adding that Dusenbery has forgery charges pending against him in two other states.

Dusenbery will be sentenced May 10 by Simpson Circuit Judge Janet Crocker.

The case was investigated by Kentucky State Police Post 3 with assistance from the Simpson County Sheriff’s Office.