OLATHE — Derek Deon Owens, 33, was sentenced Thursday to more than 70 years in prison for the murder of Laura K. Coltrane, formerly of Humboldt. Owens had been convicted of beating and strangling Coltrane, who had obtained a protection order against him.
Specifically, Owens was found guilty by a jury of second-degree murder, rape, aggravated sodomy and three counts of violating a protection order.
Coltrane, 25, died on the afternoon of Feb. 8, 2011, at her Olathe apartment.