Father faces 12-year sentence for son’s death
The Cameron, Mo., man accused in the stabbing death of his 11-year-old son near Lawrence in August 2002 now faces more than 12 years in prison.
Raymond Boothe pled no contest to intentional second-degree murder today in Leavenworth County District Court.
More stories about Levi Boothe’s deathStandard sentencing guidelines call for a 12- to 13-year prison sentence.
Boothe was charged with first-degree murder after stabbing his severely disabled son and leaving him for dead along I-70.
Debra Owens, with the Leveanworth County attorneys office, says, with the defense mounting a case for insanity, prosecutors are satisfied with the plea to the lesser, second-degree murder charge.
Sentencing is set for Jan. 30.
For more on this story, see the 6News reports at 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Sunflower Broadband’s channel 6 and pick up a copy of Saturday’s Journal-World.
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