A Wichita man has been sentenced to over 20 years in prison for the beating death of another man in 2020.
A judge handed down the sentence for 38-year-old Matthew Small, who pleaded no contest in May to charges of kidnapping and criminal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He had been charged with first degree murder and other counts, but those charges were dismissed.
Small was convicted in the death of 47-year-old Roy Haden, who was beaten and choked in his apartment in May of 2020. Haden’s body was later found in a car in the 1500 block of North Broadway.
Three other men were charged in the case. 36-year-old Lawrence Bailey will be sentenced in August after he pleaded no contest to conspiracy to commit second degree murder. 22-year-old Jose Garcia-Martinez is serving a sentence of 25 years to life after he was convicted of first degree murder and kidnapping. Carlos Saldana-Delgado is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to kidnapping and battery.
23-year-old Ariana Cook is serving a sentence of over 15 years in prison after pleading no contest to conspiracy to commit first degree murder and conspiracy to commit kidnapping.
