KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Johnson County judge sentenced an Iowa man to more than 50 years in prison on Jan. 4 for killing a Prairie Village man in 2021.
A jury found Michael L. Balance, 61, guilty of second-degree murder in the May 1, 2021, death of John Hoffman.
Prairie Village police found Hoffman dead inside an apartment in the 3700 block of West 75th Street.
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