Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Hardin County Man Gets Life Sentence

{Louisville, Kentucky}...Erik Buggeland, a Hardin County man who pleaded guilty but mentally ill in the murders of his parents, Terje and Margaret Buggeland, was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday. Buggeland admitted to beating his parents to death with a dumbbell in September 2010 and then leaving town in his mother's car. Police found him days later in Tennessee. Buggeland is a diagnosed schizophrenic, but was found competent to stand trial before he admitted to the crimes. He will be eligible for parole in 20 years.