Jaden Watts is a convicted teen killer from Kansas who would murder Demarc Burgess
According to court document Jaden Watts and Demarc Burgess were involved in an argument at a party that led to Watts fatally shooting Burgess
Jaden Watts would run from the shooting and it would be months before he was tracked down by US Marshalls
Jaden Watts would eventually plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter and would be sentenced to sixty one months in prison followed by thirty six months of supervision
Jaden Watts Case
A 19-year-old Wichita man has been sentenced to five years and one month in connection with the shooting death of a 24-year-old man in 2025.
On Friday, Jaden Watts was sentenced to 61 months after pleading guilty in January to voluntary manslaughter.
The 19-year-old was originally charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Demarc Burgess. Under his plea deal, Watts’ charge was amended to one count of voluntary manslaughter.
According to officers at the scene of the shooting, which took place on March 22, 2025, Watts and Burgess had gotten into a fight which escalated into a shooting.
Burgess was taken to the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds. He died at the hospital.
Watts was on the run for months before being arrested by the U.S. Marshals in June.
Wichita teen sentenced to 5 years for voluntary manslaughter
Jaden Watts News
A man who pleaded guilty in a 2025 shooting death in Wichita has been sentenced to prison.
Jaden Watts was sentenced Friday in Sedgwick County District Court to 61 months in prison, or just over five years.
On March 22, 2025, Demarc Burgess was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds at a home near 143rd Street East and Kellogg Avenue. The 24-year-old died a short time later
Watts shot Burgess after an argument while they recorded rap music in the basement of the home, according to the affidavit.
The gun was found two days later, the affidavit says. Watts’ DNA was found on it after forensic examination.
Watts was arrested June and charged with second-degree murder. He pleaded guilty on Jan. 8 to a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter.
