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Tangent man sentenced to life in prison for killing uncle
Chad Cheever
Posted: Apr 23, 2021 11:32 AM
Updated: Apr 23, 2021 12:44 PM
Posted By: Jolene Daib
ALBANY, Ore. Chad Cheever of Tangent was sentenced Friday to life in prison for the murder of his uncle in 2018.
He must serve a minimum of 25 years in prison without the possibility of parole.
Cheever, 47, was convicted of killing his uncle Donald Whisenhunt on Sept. 20, 2018.
Several members of Whisenhunt’s family spoke during the sentencing hearing. They talked about what kind of a person he was and how his death has affected their family.
Man found guilty in 2018 Tangent murder
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Cheever found guilty of 2018 Tangent murder
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Jury finds man guilty of murder by abuse in relative s death
April 22, 2021
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ALBANY, Ore. (AP) A Linn County Circuit Court jury has found a man guilty of murder in the death of a relative.
Chad Cheever was found guilty Wednesday of murder by abuse and assault in the 2018 death 60-year-old Don Whisenhunt, The Albany Democrat-Herald reported.
Cheever was the nephew of Whisenhunt’s ex-wife and was living with Whisenhunt in Tangent at the time.
The jury reached the verdict in just under three hours Wednesday.
Tami Fulbright, Whisenhunt’s daughter, pleaded guilty to criminal mistreatment in Whisenhunt’s death in 2019. Fulbright withheld necessary and adequate medical treatment from Whisenhunt and the jury found Cheever was similarly neglectful.