By Associated Press - Sunday, April 9, 2017

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A man charged with killing his former girlfriend and shooting her boyfriend in Cheyenne two years ago has been sentenced to at least 90 years in prison.

The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports (https://bit.ly/2phGC2t) Daniel Guajardo was sentenced Friday after he pleaded guilty to reduced charges of second-degree murder and second-degree attempted murder before he was set to go to trial in December.

Guajardo shot and killed Janessa Spencer and wounded her boyfriend after breaking into the woman’s Cheyenne home in 2015.

Guajardo’s attorney had argued for a shorter sentence, saying his client suffers from mental illness.

But prosecutors pointed to the severity of the crime and said Guajardo killed Spencer because she ended their relationship.

The judge gave Guajardo 45 years to life for Spencer’s killing, followed by another 45 years to life for trying to kill her boyfriend.

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Information from: Wyoming Tribune Eagle, https://www.wyomingnews.com

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