Killer gets 16 years for Edson manslaughter — body hidden and burned

The parents of a man whose body was hidden and then burned after he was fatally shot in a rural area near Edson were in court Thursday to see their son’s convicted killer handed a 16-year sentence. 
Robert Parkin, 22, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and interference with human remains in early May in connection to the 2014 death of Patrick Whidden.
Whidden, 25, was killed after arranging to meet to do a drug deal with Parkin, who owed Whidden money. 
Parkin formed a plan to rob Wh