Ex-FBI agent sentenced for killing woman
Clark County District Judge Donald Mosley handed down the sentence Wednesday to Edward Preciado-Nuno, who was convicted by a jury of voluntary manslaughter, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.
The 63-year-old Vietnam War veteran beat Kimberly Long to death with a hammer in November 2008 in the garage of his son's Las Vegas home, striking her more than a dozen times in the head.
Preciado-Nuno testified at trial that Long had attacked him with a hammer first and he was defending himself when he killed her.
But Mosley said it was difficult to believe that striking someone in the head 13 times was done in self-defense.
Preciado-Nuno, a 25-year FBI agent who retired in 2003, came to Las Vegas from San Diego after he was asked by his son, Jeffery Preciado, for help in evicting Long from the home following a fight several days before the slaying.
Her five-year relationship with Preciado had crumbled, and a confrontation between Preciado-Nuno and Long while Preciado was staying at a hotel sparked the fatal fight.
At the sentencing hearing, Preciado-Nuno apologized to the victim's family and his own family for what had happened.
Defense attorney Tom Pitaro asked the judge to take into consideration his client's FBI and military service, and to sentence Preciado-Nuno to probation.
Prosecutor Giancarlo Pesci said Preciado-Nuno already was given such consideration by the jury, which spared him the murder conviction prosecutors had sought.
Carol Heckeler, Long's adoptive mother, said on Friday that justice had been served by the verdict. "Kimmy can rest in peace now," she said.
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Information from: Las Vegas Review-Journal, http://www.lvrj.com
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