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Kansas man pleads no contest in stabbing death in Shawnee

Published January 27, 2022 1:53 PM

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A 52-year-old Paola man has pleaded no contest in the stabbing death of his girlfriend’s ex-husband. Vincenzo Anecio Lucasta pleaded on Wednesday to second-degree intentional murder in the death of 57-year-old David Paterno of Shawnee. The Kansas City Star reports that officers found Paterno in his home on Aug. 8, 2018, after a neighbor heard a loud fight inside the home. Lucasta was charged with first-degree murder but accepted the plea deal this week. He faces a sentence up to 21.5 years when he is sentenced April 14.

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