George Daniel Lingenfelser, 29, Bonner Springs, was sentenced to 15.5 years in prison on March 3 in the Wyandotte County District Court for the Dec. 7, 2014, murder of Janet Billings.
Billings had recently ended a relationship with Lingenfelser when she agreed to meet him in the parking lot of Lowe’s Home Improvement in the 6900 block of State Avenue in Kansas City, Kan., in the late morning hours of Dec. 7, 2014.
As Billings approached Lingenfelser in the parking lot to take custody of her dog, Lingenfelser fired a single shot, striking Billings in the face. Lingenfelser fled the scene but turned himself in to law enforcement later the same day.
After a jury trial in January of this year, a Wyandotte County jury found Lingenfelser guilty of intentional second-degree murder.
Janet Billings was a 29-year-old Bonner Springs, Kan., resident at the time of her death.
The sentence was imposed by Judge Bill Klapper. The state was represented by Jerome A. Gorman, district attorney. The case was investigated by the Kanas City, Kan., Police Department.