FINNEY COUNTY –A Kansas man is going to prison for killing a man at a party in Garden City.
This week, 21-year-old Fernando Sandoval was sentenced to 144 months in the Kansas Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter and aggravated battery, according to the Finney County Attorney's office.
In August of 2024, police were dispatched to report of a stabbing in the 2600 block of Chainey Street in Garden City, according to a media release.
First responders found three people had been stabbed. The victims were transported to St. Catherine Hospital. One of the victims, identified as Xavier Castaneda, 20, later died.
Through a collaborative investigation by the GCPD and Finney County Sheriff’s Office, it was revealed that a fight broke out during a party and Sandoval stabbed the three victims.
Sandoval and 21-year-old Ximena Sanchez-Espinoza fled the scene before law enforcement arrived.
Sandoval and Sanchez-Espinoza were later located in Hugoton and taken into custody, with the assistance of the Hugoton Police Department and Dodge City Police Department. Sanchez-Exponoza, charged in the case, has a preliminary hearing scheduled for September.