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Fort Wayne man sentenced to 60 years in deadly stabbing

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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): A Fort Wayne man who stabbed a 21-year-old woman to death last September was sentenced to 60 years in prison Friday.

Robert Littlejohn, 56, a former Purdue basketball player, was convicted in March in the murder of Kennedy Laramore, according to the Journal Gazette.

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Littlejohn chased and stabbed Laramore during a fight at a house in the 1600 block of Roosevelt Ave. back on Sept. 7. A fight broke out between several people inside and outside of the home.

He was given 229 days of jail credit and must serve at least 45 years of the sentence.

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