BURLESON CO. MAN RECEIVES 35-YEAR MURDER SENTENCE
(Burleson Co. Jail)
A Burleson County man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison after confessing to killing a man from Arkansas last year and burying his body.
36-year old Michael McFarlane pleaded guilty back in September and was sentenced last week in Caldwell.
In May of last year, McFarlane admitted he shot Zachary Rockwell of Arkansas in the head, then buried his body near McFarlane’s Burleson Co. home.
Friends of McFarlane said he shot Rockwell in the head after a dispute at his house.
McFarlane also pleaded guilty to two other felonies for tampering with physical evidence.
McFarlane’s attorney, Earl Gray, said the victim was staying with McFarlane under a living arrangement, but he’s not sure what the motive was for the killing.
McFarlane will have to serve at least half of his sentence before he is eligible for parole.