Still, on Feb. 18, she avoided prison for the crime in the courtroom of Mesa County District Judge Valerie Robison, who instead opted for a three-year sentence in the county's non-secured Community Corrections program, according to a copy of a transcript from the sentencing hearing obtained by The Daily Sentinel. Mesa County sheriff's spokeswoman Heather Benjamin said last week no suspects other than Blanton-Marez, 39, have been identified in the slaying of Barbara's ex-husband, 50-year-old Lawrence Marez, whose body was found June 1 at his home on Globe Willow Avenue.
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