Wichita teen sentenced to 5 years for voluntary manslaughter

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – A 19-year-old Wichita man has been sentenced to five years and one month in connection with the shooting death of a 24-year-old man in 2025.

On Friday, Jaden Watts was sentenced to 61 months after pleading guilty in January to voluntary manslaughter.

The 19-year-old was originally charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Demarc Burgess. Under his plea deal, Watts’ charge was amended to one count of voluntary manslaughter…

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