Gay College Student’s Killer Convicted
May 23rd, 2005 by Babe
A jury found a Missouri patrolman guilty Saturday of killing a gay college student who had talked about revealing their sexual affair to the police chief.
Steven Rios, a married junior officer in this university town’s police force, was convicted of the first-degree murder of his lover, Jesse Valencia, 23.
The finding by the nine-woman, three-man panel carries an automatic sentence of life in prison without parole for Rios, 28.
Jurors also recommended an additional, largely symbolic sentence of 10 years for the charge of armed criminal action related to Rios’ use of a knife in the crime.
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