Man pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter in death of museum curator

The man who killed museum curator and beloved Kansas Citian Greg Hawley has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, according to The Kansas City Star.

Edward Tseona told a Jackson County judge that he was racing his car on Interstate 70 when he lost control. Hawley died in the ensuing wreck.

Hawley, along with his father and brother, unearthed a sunken steamboat and a haul of frontier cargo from a cornfield north of the Missouri River. They cleaned the artifacts and opened the Steamboat Arabia Museum.

Tseona’s sentencing is scheduled for February 5, 2010. He faces up to a year in county jail, up to seven years in the Missouri Department of Corrections and/or a fine up to $5,000.