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Mo. man convicted of New Year’s Day killing sentenced

Schaeffel -photo Jackson Co.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A homeless man who pleaded guilty to killing a 55-year-old man in the Kansas City suburb of Independence on New Year’s Day 2016 has been sentenced to 22 years in prison.

The Kansas City Star reports that 26-year-old Darryl Schaeffel was sentenced by a Jackson County judge on Friday. He pleaded guilty last November to second-degree murder and armed criminal action for the death of Charles Younger.

Independence police found Younger’s body inside a home on New Year’s Day in 2016. Police say Younger had been shot and stabbed.

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