Man fatally attacked on New Year’s and urinated on, MO cops say. Now, 1 sentenced
A 20-year-old and a 22-year-old launched a deadly attack on a man on New Year’s Day 2024 to rob him for beer and cigarette money, Missouri police said.
Now, one of the accused attackers has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Nathan Kehn, 20, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, armed criminal action and robbery in the death of 52-year-old Tyrone Venney, according to a June 23 news release from the St. Louis, Missouri 22nd Judicial Circuit Court.
His attorney could not be reached for comment.
Kehn and Branden Leachman, 22, brutally attacked Venney by punching, kicking, stomping and hitting him on the head with a glass bottle, according to a probable cause affidavit filed on Jan. 2, 2024.
They knocked the man unconscious, stole his wallet and urinated on him, according to police and prosecutors.
Kehn and Leachman took the man’s money and used it to purchase beer and cigarettes from the store across the street, the affidavit said.
Leachman told police he recorded the attack, according to the probable cause statement. Kehn told police he tried to kill the man by breaking his neck, police said.
Venney was paralyzed and taken to an intensive care unit, police said. He died in June 2024 in a long-term care unit in Illinois, officials said.
Leachman was indicted on the same charges in December 2024, according to a superseding indictment. His jury trial is scheduled for Sept. 9.
