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Burien Man Sentenced For Murder Of 3
POSTED: 2:19 pm PDT October 10,
2008
UPDATED: 2:57 pm PDT October 10,
2008
KENT, Wash. -- A Burien man convicted of shooting his boss and two other men to death in order to steal a stash of money was sentenced Friday to 97 years in prison.Tony Smith, 23, killed the men as they slept in a Chevy Tahoe on the West Valley Highway in January, 2005, police said.Smith was convicted in May of killing 24-year-old Francisco Santos-Rojas, his 16-year-old nephew, Edgar Santos, and 24-year-old Ruben Fuentes.Court documents said Smith had been working for Santos-Rojas for several months as a chauffeur on drug-buying trips.Investigators said the slain men concealed $30,000 to $60,000 inside the vehicle's paneling and that Smith killed them for the money.After the killing, police found more than $1,600 in cash, as well as two handguns, two pit bulls and some marijuana at Smith's apartment.
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