KANSAS CITY, KS (AP) -- A Kansas man who was caught in Texas has received life in prison for killing his pregnant ex-wife, her unborn child and her infant daughter.
Andrew Guerrero of Kansas City avoided a possible death sentence by pleading guilty in November to capital murder in the February 2008 shooting deaths of Nicollette Lyons and 8-month-old Leah Lyons-Reed.
He also pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the death of the unborn child. The Kansas Alexa's Law makes it a crime to kill or injure an unborn child during an attack on the mother.
Guerrero last February was located at a motel in Denton, Texas.
Wyandotte County District Judge Robert Burns on Thursday sentenced Guerrero to life in prison with no chance of parole for killing Lyons and the infant, and life with parole eligibility in 20 years for the unborn child's death.
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