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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—A Colorado Springs man convicted of killing a man over a $100 drug debt and stashing his body in a child’s toy box has been sentenced to 54 years in prison.

The Gazette reports ( ) that Jason Bomsta pleaded guilty to second-degree murder earlier this month. Authorities say Bomsta and his wife and two other men beat Duane Maasch to death over a drug debt in June of last year.

Maasch’s body was found in a toy box near the Garden of the Gods Park.

Bomsta’s three co-defendants also pleaded guilty and are scheduled to be sentenced next month.

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Information from: The Gazette,

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