McPHERSON — A McPherson woman was sentenced Friday to more than 36 years in prison for her conviction on charges of second-degree reckless murder and battery on a law enforcement officer in connection with the death of a McPherson man in 2020, according to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt.
Tina Nicole Brown, 36, was sentenced in McPherson County District Court by Judge John B. Klenda to 442 months in a Kansas Department of Corrections facility for one count of second-degree reckless murder.
She was also sentenced to 12 months in the county jail for battery of a law enforcement officer, to be served concurrently with the prison sentence.
Brown was also sentenced to 36 months of post-release supervision and lifetime registration as a violent offender. Brown pleaded no contest to the charges in April.
The charges stemmed from an investigation into the death of Kelly G. Peterson in February 2020. Police received a 911 call from someone who reported finding a man dead inside a mobile home in the 100 block of South Kelly Drive, in McPherson. First responders found Peterson and EMS pronounced him dead at the scene.