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Utah man sentenced in Arizona for 2016 kidnapping, killing

(Courtesy Santa Clara Police Department) David Corey Heisler and his car.

St. George • A Utah man has been sentenced to 46 years in prison in Arizona for the kidnapping and killing of David Heisler.

The Spectrum reports 57-year-old Francis Lee McCard was sentenced Thursday in a courtroom in Kingman, Arizona, after pleading guilty to charges of murder and kidnapping.

According to court documents, 30-year-old Heisler was taken from his home in Santa Clara, Utah, in June 2016. His body was found two months later in a remote Arizona desert area north of the Grand Canyon.

Authorities say McCard was in a relationship with Kelley Marie Perry, who had a daughter with Heisler. Heisler had received full custody of the child shortly before his disappearance.

| Courtesy Francis Lee McCard

McCard is scheduled to be sentence for related federal charges in July.

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