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Margarito Leyva sits in Grant County Superior Court Monday morning.

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Leyva sentenced to almost 22 years for murder
May 3, 2017 3 a.m.

Leyva sentenced to almost 22 years for murder

MOSES LAKE — “Why did you do it, Margarito?” Rosa Gonzalez, the mother of murder victim Juan Gonzalez Jr., asked the man who shot and killed her son. “Why couldn’t you walk away like a human being with any sense? Or dealt with it like a man? Why? Did you think you were going to get away with it?”