GUILTY LA - Wanda Barton, 26, raped & murdered, Lake Charles, 19 Feb 2008

Jen_in_Indy said:

I'm so sorry for your loss, Amanda. ((hugs))

I hope that he is busted before he crosses that border.

Have they determined a motive yet?

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AmandaBrown23 said:

http://www.kplctv.com/global/story.asp?s=7908702

I am posting this because the girl who was murdered was a long time friend of mine and she deserves justice.

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A man who spent six years on the run after raping and murdering a Lake Charles woman in February 2008 was sentenced Friday to consecutive life sentences, plus 30 years on a burglary charge.

Wanda Barton, 26, was stabbed 16 times and was found dead by her in-laws in the kitchen of her home near the corner of Nelson and Country Club roads...

The neighbor who broke into her home and committed the crime, José Manuel Garcia-Guevara, 27, returned to his native Mexico after the crime and was only brought back to Calcasieu after he was placed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list. Garcia-Guevara was returned to Calcasieu Parish in July and stood trial in January, being found guilty of second-degree murder, aggravated rape and aggravated burglary.

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