LEBANON, Ind. (CB) — Andrew Wilhoite will not be serving on the Clinton Township board, nor will he be serving a murder sentence after being found guilty of the lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter and withdrawing his name from the township board position.

Wilhoite's wife Nikki was reported missing on March 25th, 2022, by coworkers when she did not show up for work. A week earlier, she had filed for divorce. Police would find her body in a creek near the couple's home and arrest Andrew shortly after. Wilhoite won the Republican township seat with 60 votes, demonstrating more clearly than any metaphor or example the public's frustration with elected officials.

The good people of Clinton, Indiana, knowingly elected a murderer (manslaughterer) rather than a status quo candidate. Elected officials have reached a point where the outsider can be anybody from a billionaire reality TV host to a man who murdered his wife with a flower pot and are still more favorable than a politician. I wish us all the best in our future elections and would have loved to learn more about Wilhoite's positions, as he seems to be a passionate man and a creek connoisseur.

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