LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - A Lawrence man has pleaded no contest in the stabbing death of his grandmother.
Jaered Long entered the plea Thursday to second-degree murder and two counts of battery of a law enforcement officer.
Long was arrested in December 2015 after his 67-year-old grandmother, Deborah Bretthauer, was found dead in her Lawrence apartment.
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He was 16 at the time but was to be tried as an adult for first-degree murder before he entered the plea.
The Lawrence Journal-World reports (https://bit.ly/2pjaMWG ) the two battery charges were filed after Long attacked two corrections officers while he was held at a juvenile facility.
A Lawrence detective testified at a hearing in September that Bretthauer was stabbed dozens of times with a bread knife.
Long will be sentenced June 5.
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Information from: Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World, https://www.ljworld.com
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