PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. — Christian Wilkinson, of Putnam County, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for murdering his cousin, according to the State Attorney’s Office.
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On Apr. 2, 2023, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office was called to a Satsuma home in regards to a suicidal person. Wilkinson was found inside with a dead person.
He told detectives he shot his cousin in the face during an argument.
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Wilkinson pled guilty to second-degree murder with a firearm on Dec. 23, 2024.
He was sentenced on Feb. 21.
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