Kansas Man Convicted of Capital Murder
Associated Press - Fri 07:27 PM 06/22/2012
24-year-old Luis Aguirre has been convicted of capital murder for the September 2009 killings of his ex-girlfriend and their son.
A northeastern Kansas man has been convicted of capital murder for the September 2009 killings of his ex-girlfriend and their son.
KMAN-AM reports the jury in Riley County District Court deliberated only a few hours Friday afternoon before returning the verdict against 24-year-old Luis Aguirre.
Aguirre was charged with suffocating 18-year-old Tanya Maldonado and the couple's 13-month old son, Juan, at the young woman's home in Manhattan. A hunter found the bodies the following month in a shallow grave near Ogden.
The judge ordered the jury to return to court July 9 to decide whether Aguirre should be executed or receive a lesser sentence, such as life in prison.
Evidence in the trial included video of Aguirre telling investigators the deaths were accidental. The defense rested without calling any witnesses.
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Information from: KMAN-AM.
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bulldog400
Saturday 23 June 2012 08:56 Report this comment
EXECUTE THE SCUMBAG!! And stop wasting the HARD WORKING TAXPAYERS money on this life in prison crap!! If this Aguirre creep killed before (the ex-girlfriend and their son) then he will kill again!! Just get the guy off the street and put him underground where he belongs!
BONEMAN
Saturday 23 June 2012 12:14 Report this comment
Scumbags like this need to be sent to the electric chair and no more injections.. Let them leave this earth in the most pain and suffering that those poor victims did..
Viper
Saturday 23 June 2012 20:04 Report this comment
I agree with bulldog400
Iamgonnagetu
Saturday 23 June 2012 21:32 Report this comment
Still waiting for the story on the Saline County Investigator who was arrested and booked in. Sheriff your always reading these posts how about addressing the situation.
tlittle
Sunday 24 June 2012 11:20 Report this comment
Iamgonnagetu, did you hear an investigator was arrested and booked in? Just FYI. LOL, go get em tiger!!!
Iamgonnagetu
Sunday 24 June 2012 20:50 Report this comment
Tlittle try jim sweeney booked 6/22 now if you you know anything like you pretend to you will recognize the name and face. Now you can publicly apologize.
equineman7
Sunday 24 June 2012 22:52 Report this comment
tlittle they are right I know this guy because a friend of mine was murdered and I have spoken to him. Naturally the case has never been solved.
THEENFORCER
Sunday 24 June 2012 23:19 Report this comment
Now everyone can see why the salina media is so bad on reporting. An all the people on here who try to put those of us down when we point out how bad law enforcement is in this town. This just adds another reason our sheriff needs to go down the road and not be re-elected.
Iamgonnagetu
Monday 25 June 2012 22:23 Report this comment
Well everyone I been told this investigator got fired a few weeks ago so he is no longer a part of the sheriff's department but is now their guess.