A Johnson County judge sentenced Gerald Scott Calbeck to 330 months in prison for his role in the slaying of Keighley
Ann Alyea.
In February, Calbeck, 20, pleaded
guilty to
charges of intentional second-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping and aggravated
robbery. Calbeck, Dustin Hilt and Joseph Mattox kidnapped Alyea on September 30, 2009. Alyea,18, reportedly confronted Hilt for
sleeping with her stepsister. Her body was
found October 5 in a farm field in Cass County, Missouri.
Hilt,
Mattox and Calbeck beat Alyea so
severely that they thought she was dead. They stuffed her
body in the trunk of a car and drove to
rural Cass County to dump her body. But Alyea
started hitting the
trunk and calling for help.
Ann Alyea was beaten and stabbed to death.
After
Authorities say Keighley
hearing the pounding, the men
stopped and asked her if she'd tell on them. She promised not to and
begged them to take her to a hospital. Alyea was stabbed about 30 times.
Last month, a Johnson County jury convicted Mattox of first-degree
murder, aggravated kidnapping and aggravated robbery. The 22-year-old's sentencing is scheduled for June 17.
Alyea's ex-boyfriend, Dustin Hilt, was sentenced
to a "Hard 50," meaning that he'll be locked up for 50 years without a
chance of
parole.
In the Star's report about Calbeck's sentencing hearing, prosecutors say they reduced the charges against Calbeck from premeditated first-degree murder because he "was the least culpable of the three men."
Calbeck reportedly apologized and said he'd never be able to forgive himself. The Star reported that Alyea's mother, Kelley Bastel, told Calbeck: "I hope you hear her voice
every day when she was begging and pleading for her life."
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