Local Woman Sentenced In Overdose Death Of Her Father

Franklin County Sheriff's Office

A Columbus woman has been sentenced to three years in prison for injecting her father with a fatal dose of heroin. 27-year-old Lindsay Newkirk pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter for giving 55-year-old Leonard Newkirk the heroin that caused his overdose death in a Columbus motel last year. Prosecutors say both were heroin addicts.

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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.