(KAIR)--A wrongly convicted Jefferson County man, who spent nearly 16-years behind bars for a rape and murder he did not commit, will be awarded $7.5 million through a settlement with Jefferson County.
During the Jefferson County Commission's April 17 meeting, County Attorney Josh Ney presented the Commissioners with documents regarding the case of Floyd Bledsoe.
According to the minutes of the meeting, Bledsoe will receive an initial payment of $1.5 million, with the remainder to be paid over the next ten years, with the Commission voting unanimously to approve the settlement agreement.
Bledsoe was released from prison in 2015 after his brother, Tom, confessed in a suicide note that he killed 14-year-old Camille Arfmann in 1999, and DNA evidence linked his father and brother to the crime involving the Oskaloosa child.
Bledsoe, who received a $1 million settlement from the state of Kansas for his wrongful conviction, sued Jefferson County, and four members of its law enforcement, in federal court, leading to the $7.5 million settlement.
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