Utica man sentenced in Pennsylvania to 7 to 18 years in 14-year-old stabbing

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Story Created: May 15, 2008 at 8:45 AM EDT

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A Pennsylvania judge says an upstate New
York man only recently arrested in a 14-year-old stabbing should have come forward at the time.

Judge Todd Hoover sentenced 33-year-old Rafael Rios Sr. of Utica, N.Y., on Wednesday to 7 to 18 years in prison. He's pleaded guilty to third-degree murder in the stabbing of Leonard Wansley.

Wansley was last seen leaving a Harrisburg bar about 2 a.m. on July
19, 1994.

Rios says Wansley offered him drugs and tried to sexually assault him. He confessed in September after DNA tests showed his blood was found in Wansley's car. Hoover says Rios should have come forward at the time because "The objective facts show the victim was the aggressor."

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Information from: The Patriot-News, www.pennlive.com

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Friday, May 16 at 10:51 AM criminal justice student wrote ...

maybe we should go to pennsylvania at least they gave this man another chance here in utica they would of banned him for life no chance of winning or staying alive in utica

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Thursday, May 15 at 12:03 PM doesn't matter wrote ...

how come i don't believe that the victim was the aggressor. i know this man and he is a sick, sick person. 7-18 years in prison, that's it?

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