On March 3, 2020, Kayle A. Fleischauer was found guilty by a jury of second-degree reckless homicide while armed for the killing of his adult son, Chase A. Fleischauer in the second trial of the matter. After the first conviction in 2019, the court found juror misconduct had occurred during the deliberations, declared a mistrial and the matter had to be retried. The trials were presided over by St. Croix County Judge Scott Needham. Today, Kayle was sentenced to 37 years imprisonment.
During court today, the judge also convicted the defendant of the crime of being a felon in possession of a firearm during a stipulated bench trial.
Second-degree reckless homicide while armed carries a penalty of up to 30 years of imprisonment or up to a $100,000 fine or both. Being a felon in possession a firearm carries a maximum sentence of up to 10 years of imprisonment. The prosecutors requested a maximum possible sentence of 40 years imprisonment for all crimes.
At the sentencing hearing, after extensive arguments by both sides and statements from Chase’s family members, Judge Needham sentenced Kayle Fleischauer to a $10,000 fine and 22 years in prison, followed by 15 years extend supervision (for a total imprisonment of 37 years).
