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Long sentence sought in Wenatchee slaying

The Columbian
Published: October 12, 2011, 5:00pm

WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) — The Chelan County prosecutor says he’ll seek an exceptional sentence against a man accused of killing a Good Samaritan.

The Wenatchee World reports (http://bit.ly/mZqsDU ) Prosecutor Gary Riesen filed papers Wednesday citing a state law that allows stiffer penalties for people convicted of hurting others trying to provide aid.

Fifty-year-old Juan Manual Gonzalez-Gonzalez is charged with manslaughter in the death last June of 53-year-old Jose Guadalupe Garcia-Sevilla in Wenatchee.

Investigators say Garcia offered to help Gonzalez with his stalled van and Gonzalez punched him. He fell to the ground, struck his head and died of a skull fracture.

The standard sentence for manslaughter is about seven years in prison.

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Information from: The Wenatchee World, http://www.wenatcheeworld.com

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