A 58-year-old man in Michigan will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing his ex-girlfriend, ambushing her outside work while she was on her break and shooting her multiple times in broad daylight.
Washtenaw County Trial Court Judge Carol Kuhnke on Friday ordered Barry Lee Garza to serve 30 to 60 years in a state correctional facility for the 2023 slaying of 40-year-old Amber Jo Thomas, court records show. The court credited Garza with 995 days of time already served.
Garza in February pleaded no contest to one count each of second-degree murder and assault with intent to murder in connection with the attack. In exchange for his plea, prosecutors dropped an additional felony firearms charge…