ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A Utah man has been sentenced to 46 years in prison in Arizona for the kidnapping and killing of David Heisler.
The Spectrum reports 57-year-old Francis Lee McCard was sentenced Thursday in a courtroom in Kingman, Arizona, after pleading guilty to charges of murder and kidnapping.
According to court documents, 30-year-old Heisler was taken from his home in Santa Clara, Utah, in June 2016. His body was found two months later in a remote Arizona desert area north of the Grand Canyon.
Authorities say McCard was in a relationship with Kelley Marie Perry, who had a daughter with Heisler. Heisler had received full custody of the child shortly before his disappearance.
McCard is scheduled to be sentence for related federal charges in July.
