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Kansas City man receives 10 years in prison for kidnapping conspiracy that led to murder of victim

Two co-defendants in the case face life sentences for the death of Cristian Escutia.

Cristian Escutia
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Kansas City man receives 10 years in prison for kidnapping conspiracy that led to murder of victim

Two co-defendants in the case face life sentences for the death of Cristian Escutia.

A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his role in a kidnapping conspiracy that resulted in the murder of a victim.Marco A. Sosa-Perea, 27, pleaded guilty in January 2022 to one count of conspiracy to commit kidnapping.Cristian Escutia was fatally shot on April 3, 2017 after being transported from Kansas to Missouri.Jonathan M. Bravo-Lopez, 28, and Juan D. Osorio, 29, were found guilty of kidnapping and kidnapping resulting in death. They face life sentences.PREVIOUS COVERAGE OF THIS CASE: Man kidnapped from KCMO found dead in KCK Friday Search continues for man after witnesses say he was kidnapped Monday Two men convicted of kidnapping, murder in death of 19-year-old KCMO man Court documents state that Sosa-Perea drove his co-defendants and the kidnapping victim to the 200 block of Donovan Road in Kansas City, Kan.Escutia was forced out of the vehicle and shot three times in the head.The kidnapping plan involved two of the defendants arranging to purchase $300 of marijuana from Escutia.Bravo-Lopez and Osorio were illegally in the country.

A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his role in a kidnapping conspiracy that resulted in the murder of a victim.

Marco A. Sosa-Perea, 27, pleaded guilty in January 2022 to one count of conspiracy to commit kidnapping.

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Cristian Escutia was fatally shot on April 3, 2017 after being transported from Kansas to Missouri.

Jonathan M. Bravo-Lopez, 28, and Juan D. Osorio, 29, were found guilty of kidnapping and kidnapping resulting in death.

They face life sentences.

PREVIOUS COVERAGE OF THIS CASE:

Court documents state that Sosa-Perea drove his co-defendants and the kidnapping victim to the 200 block of Donovan Road in Kansas City, Kan.

Escutia was forced out of the vehicle and shot three times in the head.

The kidnapping plan involved two of the defendants arranging to purchase $300 of marijuana from Escutia.

Bravo-Lopez and Osorio were illegally in the country.