Man sentenced in beating death of Topeka man during burglary
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March 8, 2019
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 32-year-old man was given the maximum sentence possible for beating a Topeka man to death during a burglary.
Howard Dale Burchfiel was sentenced Friday to 16 years for involuntary manslaughter and aggravated battery.
Topeka police say they found 66-year-old Allen Wichman injured after he was beaten in June 2017. He died the next month.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Shawnee County deputy district attorney Brett Watson noted that Burchfiel was convicted of attempted murder and given a lesser sentence in a 2009 case.
Watson said Wichman likely would be alive today if Bu...
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