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Daniel Burda has been sentenced to just over four years in prison in connection with the death of Dennis Day, an original cast member on Walt Disney’s “Mickey Mouse Club” in the 1950s.
Burda, 41, was a live-in handyman at Day’s home in Phoenix, Oregon, but Day, 76, had been trying to evict him around the time he disappeared in mid-2018.
Burda entered a no-contest plea, a concession that the state can prove criminal charges at trial and carries the same legal effect as a guilty plea. Prosecutors said Burda caused Day’s death and then used Day’s identity to spend money.
Day’s badly decomposed body wasn’t discovered for nine months, beneath a pile of clothes at the home. His family has sued the Phoenix Police Department, saying its failure to discover his remains in his own home for so long — despite having been to the home multiple times — caused emotional distress.
During one search, police stepped on Day’s body, causing fractures to the corpse, but they still didn’t find it until April 2019, when Oregon State Police came with a cadaver-sniffing dog, the lawsuit said. The delay prevented the medical examiner from being able to determine a cause of death, it said.
The police department has denied the allegations. A trial is set for October in Jackson County Circuit Court.
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