Louisville man sentenced to decades in prison years after teenage girl’s death on Dixie Highway

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — The man charged in the death of a Louisville high school senior in 2021 was sentenced Monday to more than 24 years in prison.

Michael Dewitt pleaded guilty in October 2024 to carjacking resulting in death. On March 1, 2021, Madelynn Troutt, a senior at Butler High School, was killed in a crash after Dewitt crossed into the wrong lane on Dixie Highway in a stolen pickup truck.

She died upon arrival at UofL Hospital…

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