Minnesota man gets 61 years for killing parents

Published 8:12 am Tuesday, January 9, 2018

MINNEAPOLIS — An Eden Prairie man has been sentenced to 61 years in prison for killing with parents with a screwdriver.

Nathan Lehman, 38,was sentenced Monday after earlier pleading guilty to two counts of second-degree murder. He was charged in the deaths of Robert and Debra Lehman of Eden Prairie last May.

Prosecutors say Lehman has a history of mental illness and methamphetamine addiction and wasn’t following orders of his mental health caseworkers.

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