Man accused of 2017 homicide, whose original conviction was overturned, re-sentenced | Crime and courts

EAU CLAIRE COUNTY (WQOW) – The man accused of murdering his sister and her boyfriend has been sentenced to 27 years in prison, after his original conviction in the case was overturned.

Wayne Price was charged in the 2017 shooting deaths of Elizabeth Price and David Dishneau. At his 2020 sentencing, he told the judge he buried the bodies, but denied pulling the trigger and killing them.

In 2022, Price argued that his lawyers misinformed him and that his convictions were overturned. A new plea deal was reached last April: Price pleaded guilty to amended charges of two counts of second-degree reckless homicide.

Two counts of concealing a dead body and one count of second-degree recklessly endangering safety were dismissed but were read at his sentencing Thursday.

“I want to sincerely apologize for my actions in 2017,” Price said during his sentencing. “My intention was to help. I started a chain of events that became absolutely tragic. This should never have happened and I take responsibility for it.”

The judge said it doesn't matter who pulled the trigger with the second-degree reckless homicide charge. She said Price was the one who introduced the guns into a situation that resulted in deaths and was an “aggravating factor.”

The judge adopted the state's sentencing recommendation, which was 13 1/2 years of initial imprisonment for each victim consecutively. He will be under extended surveillance for 13 years.

Price deserves credit for the nearly seven years he has already served in this case.

When he was initially convicted in 2020, he was sentenced to 28.5 years in prison.

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