20. February 2015

On February 20, 2015 Judge David Ritchie sentenced Jose Manuel Garcia-Guevara to two terms of life in prison plus an additional 30 years. A jury convicted Garcia-Guevara of Aggravated Burglary, Aggravated Rape and Second Degree Murder on January 28, 2015. He will serve the life sentences on the Aggravated Rape and Second Degree Murder charges and 30 years in prison on the Aggravated Burglary. Judge Ritchie ordered all time to be served consecutively. Garcia-Guevara was convicted of entering a...

28. January 2015

On January 28, 2015 a jury convicted Jose Manuel Garcia-Guevara of Aggravated Burglary, Aggravated Rape and Second Degree Murder. Garcia-Guevara was convicted of killing 26-year-old Wanda Barton in February 2008. Garcia-Guevara, a neighbor of the victim, entered her home through a window before raping and stabbing Barton multiple times. The incident occurred in Jesse James Trailer Park in south Lake Charles. Following the murder, Garcia-Guevara took a bus to Dallas and then fled to Mexico. The...