Ashland man sentenced to 50 years after found guilty of voluntary manslaughter

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Boone County judge sentenced an Ashland man found guilty of voluntary manslaughter to 50 years consecutively in prison on Tuesday.

Robin Morales-Sanchez, 22, was found guilty in July of voluntary manslaughter, two counts of armed criminal action and a count of first-degree assault.

He was charged with second-degree murder, first-degree assault, and two counts of armed criminal action. He is accused of killing Moises Hernandez-Sanchez by stabbing him several times in the torso at an Ashland home in 2021.

A jury recommended to the judge that Morales-Sanchez should be sentenced to 50 years: 15 years for the manslaughter charge, 15 years for one of the armed criminal action charges, 10 years for first-degree assault and 10 years for the second armed criminal action charge.

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