A Santa Rosa resident accused of killing his stepbrother in Camp Meeker is pleading no contest to voluntary manslaughter.
Jude Ian Kellner entered his plea on Tuesday and will be sentenced on September 3rd. The case went to trial twice. Both times, the jury could not reach a verdict.
Kellner was accused of killing James Bauer in 2021 and was charged the following year. He claimed the killing was an act of self-defense after Bauer attacked him in their father’s home.