
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Shawnee County jury has convicted a 59-year-old man in the death of his former wife.
Colin Edward Pritchard was convicted Friday evening of intentional second-degree murder in the 2015 shooting death of his former wife, 51-year-old Cindy Pritchard.
The jury had the choice either to find Colin Pritchard not guilty or guilty of premeditated first-degree murder, intentional second-degree murder or voluntary manslaughter.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Colin Pritchard claimed the shooting was an accident.