The sentencing follows a jury conviction in a case that has had a lasting impact on the Loveland community and across Northern Colorado.
A Loveland man has been sentenced to 58 years to life in the Colorado Department of Corrections for the 2022 murder and sexual assault of Chantell Wilkes, bringing a measure of closure to a case that has deeply affected Northern Colorado.
Asa Alan Peck was sentenced after a Larimer County jury convicted him of second-degree murder, sexual assault by force or without consent, and violation of a protection order. The court ordered the sentences for the two felony convictions to run consecutively, resulting in a 48-year sentence for murder and an indeterminate sentence of 10 years to life for sexual assault. A 364-day jail sentence for the misdemeanor protection order violation was authorized to be served within the Department of Corrections…