WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A judge in Sedgwick County has sentenced a Wichita father for the fentanyl death of his son .
Brijin McCullough, 32, was sentenced to 438 months (36 years and six months) in prison on Friday.
The Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office said McCullough pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and other felonies on July 9.
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The sentencing comes after McCullough’s son, Kaiden, was found unresponsive at a grocery store near Pawnee and Broadway on Oct. 31, 2023.
EMS tried to revive the baby and rushed him to the hospital, but he died. An autopsy report says Kaiden died from “the toxic effects of fentanyl.”
Another defendant, Wilma Presley, was sentenced on Sept. 11 to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to distributing a controlled substance causing death and aggravated endangering a child, along with other drug crimes, on July 12.
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