WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday upheld the conviction of a man who killed his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend.
But the justices ruled that Saul Valenciana of Wichita must be resentenced for the 2022 death of 41-year-old Brent Boone.
Boone disappeared on Thanksgiving, and his body was found a week later in a rural area southwest of Clearwater. He had been stabbed multiple times.
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A Sedgwick County jury found Valenciana guilty of premeditated first-degree murder, burglary and theft, and he was sentenced to life in prison for murder, with parole eligibility after 50 years. He also got 31 months in prison for burglary and a year in jail for theft…