SEDGWICK COUNTY —A man is going to prison for the murder of his mother at her Kansas home in 2023.
On Friday, Judge Jeffrey Goering sentenced 24-year-old Devin Joel to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 25 years, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office.
Last year, Joel pleaded guilty to first degree murder, kidnapping and robbery in the 2023 murder.
In May of 2023, police were dispatched to report of a clubbing in the area of 5700 E. Central in Wichita, according to Officer Kris Gupilan.
First responders located the victim identified 46-year-old Kacey Joel of Wichita, laying in the back yard of a residence with visible injuries.
Officers immediately rendered aid and she was transported to a local area hospital. She sustained significant trauma to her body and later died from her injuries, according to Gupilan.
Eyewitnesses reported that her son, 21-year-old Devin Joel, who lived in California at the time of the crime, was seen running from the scene. Officers quickly were able to locate him after a brief foot pursuit. He made comments that he was going to die by suicide by cop and was yielding a knife when officers confronted him.
The officers were able to get him to put the knife down and he was taken into custody without incident.