By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post
A 38-year-old Andrew County man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of a 10-year-old boy in November of last year.
The Savannah Reporter reports Donald Tipton entered the guilty plea this morning in Andrew County. The newspaper says Andrew County Prosecutor Steve Stevenson recommended a 25-year sentence, which Circuit Judge Dan Kellogg accepted. Tipton must serve 85% of his sentence before becoming eligible for parole.
Prosecutors dismissed all other charges and agreed to file no more charges connected with the case.
Tipton had been accused of killing the boy on November 30th of last year by striking and strangling him. He also failed to seek medical treatment for the boy. Tipton had been charged with 13 felonies, ranging from first and second-degree murder to neglect of a child resulting in death.