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On Thursday, July, 16, 2015, an Oklahoma man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for asphyxiating his stepfather with an “atomic wedgie” in December 2013.
Brad Lee Davis, 35, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the death of his stepfather. Pottawatomie County District Judge John G. Canavan Jr. rejected Davis’ plea for a second chance.
Davis said he knocked down his stepfather, Denver Lee St. Clair, 58, and pulled the elastic band of underwear over his head and around his neck.
According to police, this left ligature marks on the victim. The medical examiner stated the cause of death as blunt force trauma and asphyxiation.
Davis and St. Clair had been drinking together the night of the incident and began fighting when Davis claimed St. Clair began talking negatively about Davis’ mother, who is St. Clair’s wife.
David stated he never intended to kill St. Clair, said his attorney Bob Wyatt.