A 33-year-old Chester man was sentenced Monday to 40 years in prison, with 30 years of active incarceration and 10 years suspended, after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the stabbing death of his father last year. The Kent County News reports Drew Bernard Meyer was sentenced in connection with the death of his father, Wayne Michael Meyer, 66, at their residence on Auckland Way in Chester on May 16, 2024.
Queen Anne’s County deputies responded to the Auckland Way residence on May 17, 2024, after an urgent welfare check revealed Wayne Meyer was deceased.