Man Sentenced To 149 Years In Prison For Murder Of Man At Missouri Motel
According to court records, Josue Martinez plead guilty to all five charges against him and was sentenced in a Pulaski County court after a change of venue.
The charges and time he received are listed below. Martinez will serve the counts consecutively.
- Second-degree murder – 99 years in prison
- Two counts of armed criminal action – 15 years for each count
- First-degree robbery – 30 years
- Tampering with motor vehicle – 5 years
According to the Phelps County Sheriff’s Office, around 8 a.m. on April 21, officers responded to the Economy Inn in St. James in response to a man found dead.Â
The Department says the man was found in the parking lot with knife wounds. The man has been identified as 36-year-old Donald Coy Wethy Jr. of St. James.
Court documents say on April 21, 2021, Martinez was seen stabbing Wethy on surveillance footage from the motel.
Just moments before the stabbing, the footage showed Martinez and a Californian woman, Kimberly Riston, talking then hugging and taking something from her pocket and putting it in his.
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