Clovis man sentenced to life on conviction in 2002 killing

CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) – A 35-year-old Clovis man has been convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison for a 2002 killing.
David Gutierrez Jr. was sentenced Thursday after a jury deliberated two hours before convicting Gutierrez in the shooting death of Jose Valverde in his home, a railroad boxcar.
District Attorney Andrea Reeb said the case went unsolved for years until the Clovis Police Department reopened the investigation and witnesses in May 2011 began coming forward t