Musician’s murderer gets 65 years

A man convicted of murdering an Indianapolis musician was sentenced Thursday to 65 years in prison. Allen Parker, 25, strangled John Butsch in April 2011 while Butsch, 59, slept in his Woodruff Place home. Detectives think Parker killed Butsch in revenge for being evicted.
 

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