OLATHE, Kan. (AP) - A 38-year-old man who said he beat his roommate to death because he thought she was a zombie pleaded no contest to second-degree murder.
Christopher Duane Wallace entered the plea Friday in the January 2016 strangling and beating death of 35-year-old Jennifer Lopez in Overland Park.
A Johnson County judge then found Wallace guilty of the charge and scheduled sentencing for April 3.
The Kansas City Star reports (https://bit.ly/2kc5KcO ) Wallace told police he had fallen asleep after taking methamphetamine. Court documents say he said he began beating Lopez when she woke him up because he thought she was a zombie.
He told police he kept beating Lopez until “something made him stop.”
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Information from: The Kansas City Star, https://www.kcstar.com
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