IOWA – According to the court documents, his name is Gary Dains Jr. and he was sentenced Monday in Woodbury County.
Dains Jr. was convicted in March of voluntary manslaughter and three other charges for the killing of 65-year-old Paul Smith in Sioux City in July 2019.
The victim caught Dains breaking into his home for the second time in eight days.
He killed Smith in a struggle, then took $120 and Smith’s vehicle, which he later gave away.