WESTMORELAND, Kan. (AP) — A northeast Kansas man has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2014 death of his uncle.

Christopher Arand was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without a chance for parole for at least 25 years.

He pleaded guilty in October to premeditated first-degree murder in the November 2014 death of his uncle, 70-year-old Larry Arand, who was found dead in his Belvue home.

Authorities say Larry Arand died after he was struck in the back of the head several times and suffocated.