LIBERTY, Mo. — Joshua Rocha was sentenced to death by lethal injection on Monday after he was found guilty of murdering North Kansas City Police Officer Daniel Vasquez.
Under orders from the Missouri Department of Corrections director, Rocha will be executed by lethal injection at a date set by the state’s Supreme Court.
North Kansas City officers and other law enforcement filed into a Clay County courtroom Monday where they sat alongside the family of Officer Vasquez…