Ryan D. Poe, who was arrested June 6 for murdering his father, entered a plea agreement in Kosciusko County Circuit Court Monday morning. Poe, 35, of 690 E. Levi Lee Road, Warsaw, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter with a sentence enhancement, a level 2 felony, according to Kosciusko court clerks. Judge Michael Reed accepted the plea offer and has until Jan. 24 to make a decision. The plea is for a fixed 40-year sentence at the Indiana Department of Corrections. Ryan Poe shot and killed his father, Ronnie Poe, 60. According to a previous Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department press release, Aaron Poe said his mother, Deanna Poe, and brother, Ryan, were in the mobile home at 690 E. Levi Lee Road, Warsaw, at the time of the shooting. KCSD confirmed both the victim and suspect lived in the trailer. Kosciusko County Coroner’s Office pronounced Ronnie dead at the scene from the gunshot wound. Ronnie Poe just turned 60 May 17 and they have lived in the trailer for 20 years. The family was having dinner when his father and brother began to argue.
