TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man was sentenced Thursday to 48 years and nine months in jail for the death of his ex-girlfriend.
Jeremy Lardner, 39, Topeka was sentenced for second-degree murder for the death of Brandi Prchal, 36, who was found dead in Lardner's gas-filled home on Nov. 1, 2019. She had suffered blunt force trauma and was dead at the scene, police said.
Lardner was found unconscious in the home and was charged with Prchal's murder after he was released from the hospital, WIBW reported.
He was initially charged with first-degree murder but in January accepted a plea deal to second-degree murder, aggravated robbery and kidnapping in the death of Prchal, who was an officer for the Shawnee County Department of Corrections.