LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A 67-year-old rural Linwood man has pleaded to a lesser charge in the shooting death of his girlfriend in 2018. Dan Flannagan pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter on Friday. He was originally charged with second-degree murder and was scheduled to go to trial March 21. 

Prosecutors say Flannagan shot Constance Perryman and then reported her missing on April 5, 2018. Her body was found the next day on property south of Linwood. Flannagan is scheduled to be sentenced April 8.

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                    </figure><p>LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A 67-year-old rural Linwood man has pleaded to a lesser charge in the shooting death of his girlfriend in 2018. Dan Flannagan pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter on Friday. He was originally charged with second-degree murder and was scheduled to go to trial March 21. </p><p>Prosecutors say Flannagan shot Constance Perryman and then reported her missing on April 5, 2018. Her body was found the next day on property south of Linwood. Flannagan is scheduled to be sentenced April 8.</p>

Kansas man enters plea in shooting death of his girlfriend