A Fayetteville man was sentenced earlier this month to at least 17 years in prison after pleading guilty in two separate deaths — including the fatal shooting of his mother-in-law during a custody dispute.

Darren Lyndell Powell, 26, pleaded guilty Aug. 6 to involuntary manslaughter for the July 2023 shooting death of his wife's mother, Barbara Adair , 59, of Spring Lake.

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