Putnam County Man Sentenced For Killing Son

1/10/18 – 5:18 A.M.

A Putnam County man convicted of killing his 2-year-old son learned his fate earlier this week. The Delphos Herald reports Judge Randall Basinger sentenced Michael Luebrecht to 20 years to life in prison Monday. The sentence is the most lenient allowable by law.

When a jury first convicted Luebrecht of murder in 2006, Basinger sentenced Luebrecht to 25 years to life. The new sentence means he is eligible for parole five years earlier.

Luebrecht never disputed that he killed his son Joel in 2005. His attorney argued a combination of medications to treat depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder led him to kill the boy.

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