EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEVV) — An Evansville man convicted of a 2022 murder has been sentenced.

Court records show Michael Thomas was sentenced to 75 years in prison on Friday.

Thomas was charged with murder after a missing 57-year-old man, Patrick White, was found dead in a home on South Linwood Avenue.

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Man charged with murder after missing 57-year-old found dead in Evansville home

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The murder charge against Thomas was initially dropped, but was re-filed last year.

After the case went to trial, a jury found Thomas guilty of White's murder.

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