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(KNZA)-- A St. Joseph man has been sentenced to more than 20 years behind bars for his role in the stabbing death of another St. Joseph man last year.
KQ2-TV reports Primalton Peterson III was sentenced Monday in a Buchanan County courtroom on charges of first-degree murder, armed criminal action, and abandonment of a corpse. He pleaded guilty to the charges in January.
Peterson was one of three people charged in the death of Richard Berry. Berry’s body was found in the Third Fork of the Platte River near Easton, Missouri on April 25th of last year.
Authorities believe he was taken to the remote location in a robbery attempt. Berry was stabbed multiple times and then dumped in the river.
44-year-old Kelli Hoard, of Elwood, was sentenced in December to 20 years in prison on a charge of second-degree murder for her role in Berry's death and 25-year-old Sean Liechit, of St. Joseph, was sentenced in October to ten years in prison on the same charge.
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