Updated: 4:48 PM Dec 17, 2009
Man who killed foster son sentenced to 5 years
A Hawkins County judge sentenced a Hamblen County foster father to five years in prison for killing his foster son.
Posted: 1:04 PM Dec 17, 2009
Reporter: Staff
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HAWKINS COUNTY, Tenn. (WVLT) -- A Hawkins County judge sentenced a Hamblen County foster father to five years in prison for killing his foster son. Kenneth Wayne Taylor must serve 30 percent of his sentence, or about 18 months, before becoming eligible for parole.
Taylor was put on trial for first degree murder, but the jury found him guilty of the lesser offense of voluntary manslaughter in connection to the November 2007 death of his foster child Jordan Shelton, 16.
Taylor was also found guilty of reckless aggravated assault, a lesser charge than the aggravated child abuse count he also faced.
Taylor's attorney, Herb Moncier, argued throughout the trial that Taylor put Shleton in a headlock out of self-defense when the boy went out of control after Taylor caught him smoking.
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