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Lafayette man sentenced to 55 years for double homicide

TIPPECANOE COUNTY, Ind. (WLFI) – A Lafayette man was sentenced to 55 years behind bars for his roll in the murders of two people at a Lafayette home in August of 2015.

Thirty-four-year-old Matthew Oertel received his sentence Friday afternoon.

Oertel pleaded guilty on July 14 to two counts of felony murder and one count of being a serious violent felon in possession of a firearm.

Co-defendant Jacob Guffey is scheduled for sentencing in October.

Both men were charged in August 2015 for the murders of 36-year-old Aaron Hunter Jr. and 46-year-old Terry Smith Jr., who both lived in a home on Perrine Street. Both men died of gunshot wounds.

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