KANSAS CITY—A Jackson judge on Tuesday sentenced a Kansas man to 30 years in prison for the fatal beating of a 24-year-old Kansas City woman and the assault of a 4-year-old, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker.
Jose E. Escalante-Corchado, 32, pleaded guilty to Murder in the 2nd Degree and Assault 1st Degree.
Escalante-Corchado pleaded guilty to both charges and was sentenced to 30 years on each conviction. The sentences were set to run concurrently.
According to court records, Kansas City police were dispatched on Jan. 15, 2022 to the 7300 block of Wabash to check the welfare of a resident. Officers discovered a 24-year-old victim deceased in a bathtub and a 4-year-old who suffered severe trauma to her head.
A previous 911 call had come that day from the victim's phone number. Blood was found throughout the residence's main floor. Police found the print of a specific type of boot and later found a matching pair of boots that were identified as belonging to Escalante-Corchado.
Detectives found that the defendant's truck was in the area of the crime scene on the day of the crime. Surveillance video also showed a man in the area of the victim's residence running south from the residence, then getting into a white truck that soon pulls into a gas station. Surveillance video revealed the man to appear to be a Hispanic male with black hair. The defendant told detectives that was him at the gas station. He acknowledged he knew the victim and her daughter.