Man sentenced for fatal crash involving PCP

A Kansas City man who was driving under the influence of drugs when he killed a 12-year-old boy last March was sentenced today to 34 years in prison.

Clayton R. Dunlap pleaded guilty last month in Jackson County Circuit Court to second-degree murder for causing the traffic crash that killed Damian Slayton of Independence.

Damien was in a car being driven by his mother when Dunlap, who was under the influence of PCP, crashed a sports utility vehicle into their car, which was stopped for a red light at Gregory Boulevard and U.S. 71.

Besides the murder charge, Dunlap, 31, pleaded guilty to assault, resisting arrest, driving while intoxicated and driving without a valid license.


The Kansas City Star
KansasCity.com
Friday, January 14, 2011 2:35 p.m.