Poplar Bluff man gets 20 years for beating father to death with bat

Friday, October 30, 2015

NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Presiding Circuit Judge Fred Copeland followed the state's recommendation in sentencing a Poplar Bluff, Missouri, man Tuesday afternoon to 20 years in prison for beating his father to death with a baseball bat in 2013.

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