OKLAHOMA CITY An Oklahoma man was sentenced late on Thursday to 30 years in prison for asphyxiating his stepfather with an "atomic wedgie" in December 2013. Brad Lee Davis, 35, of McLoud, pleaded guilty in May to first-degree manslaughter for killing his stepfather late Dec. 21, 2013, after a fight. Pottawatomie County District Judge John G. Canavan Jr. on Thursday chose the punishment, imposing the prison sentence sought by prosecutors. The victim, Denver Lee St. Clair, 58, died after he was knocked unconscious and the elastic band from his ripped underwear was pulled over his head. Davis was initially charged with first-degree murder in January 2014, and pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter in May. Davis and St. Clair had been drinking together the night of the incident and began fighting when Davis claimed St. Clair began speaking ill about Davis' mother, who is St. Clair's wife.
– An Oklahoma man who gave his stepfather a fatal "atomic wedgie" was on Thursday sentenced to 30 years for the crime. Brad Davis, 34, in May pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the death of Denver Lee St. Clair; at the time Davis said he killed the 58-year-old "in the heat of passion while defending myself in a fight that got out of hand and went too far." Police say both men had been drinking on the night of Dec. 21, 2013, and a fight ensued after St. Clair allegedly spoke ill of his estranged wife, Davis' mother. In a hearing early in the case, investigators testified that Davis knocked out his stepfather before the killer wedgie and took photos both before and after. St. Clair was found dead with his underwear pulled over his head, with the elastic band cutting off his air. The Oklahoman reports that the head wounds St. Clair sustained would have killed him, had the wedgie not ended his life first; Reuters reports St. Clair's cause of death is listed as blunt force trauma and asphyxiation. Davis, of McLoud, had faced between four and 35 years; the judge handed him the sentence that prosecutors had requested. Davis' lawyer had maintained his client had been bullied.