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Cellphone records help seal murder conviction against former Fort Carson soldier

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Joseph Tyler Kimsey
Joseph Tyler Kimsey

An El Paso County jury reached a speedy verdict Tuesday in the case of an ex-Fort Carson soldier accused of killing a Colorado Springs escort, finding him guilty on all counts after deliberating for three hours.

Joseph Tyler Kimsey is the second of two men to be convicted in the June 2015 slaying of Ashley Melnyczok, who was stabbed, bludgeoned, and left to die with a plastic bag taped over her head in her Colorado Springs apartment – the result of a deadly robbery plot.

Fourth Judicial District Judge Robin Chittum proceeded directly to sentencing, imposing a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole.

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