Danette Colbert was sentenced to 25 years for theft in Orleans Parish, Louisiana. The Kansas City reporter murder suspect faces additional charges in Jefferson Parish.

Danette Colbert, the woman facing a murder charge in the death of a Kansas City sports reporter, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for another crime that has been described as similar to the Kansas City case.

The woman accused in the death of a Kansas City sports reporter has been sentenced to more than two decades in prison for a previous, unrelated conviction.