(AP) – A south-central Kansas man has been sentenced to nearly 14 years in prison for the 2009 shooting death of his wife.
Forty-year-old Mark Ralstin, of rural Mullinville, was convicted in July of second-degree intentional murder. KAKE-TV reports that Ralstin was sentenced Wednesday in Kiowa (KEYE’-oh-wuh) County District Court to 13 years and nine months behind bars.
Thirty-5-year-old Bobbie Jo Ralstin was shot six times on Nov. 9, 2009, as she sat in a vehicle in the yard of couple’s home. After the shooting, Mark Ralstin drove to his sister’s home in Sylvia, where he was arrested.
Evidence at Ralstin’s trial included testimony from the couple’s daughter about seeing her father shoot her mother.