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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 01 > Oakridge man gets 15 years for beating mother to death

Oakridge man gets 15 years for beating mother to death

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
May 1, 2008

EUGENE — An Oregon man who got drunk and beat his 86-year-old mother to death during an argument has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Burt Hansen, 51, of Oakridge was initially charged with murder in the Jan. 26 death of his mother, Evelyn Hansen. He pleaded guilty to first-degree....

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