Mark Mangelsdorf pled guilty. He is eligible for parole this year, 2010. His accomplice in the crime, Melinda Raisch, is up for parole the 29th of April this year, 2010.
Kansas
No
YES!
I have just watched this on Crime and Investigation and it disgusts me that these two will be eligible for parole after serving only 5 years in prison for a brutal crime.
Kansas state prison in Lansing, KS.
Yes and she visits him frequently at the Lansing Correctional Center.
Rich Mangelsdorf was born in 1981.
No, a Texas jury found him not guilty of murder.
Paul Christoph Mangelsdorf was born in 1899.
Paul Christoph Mangelsdorf died in 1989.
No, nor was her brother ever charged with murder. He was charged with Manslaughter and Assault, thus has pled "not guilty" to these charges. He is currently awaiting trial.
Yes. Although the jury does not actually find you "not guilty" of Murder 2, they just return a guilty verdict on the lesser offense. Manslaughter is a lesser offense than Murder in the 2nd Degree, and a jury could take this option.