An Olathe man will spend more than 7 years in prison for stabbing two people, killing one person and injuring another.
On April 7 in Johnson County District Court, Jesus Neri-Aguilar, 24, was sentenced to 92 months in prison for voluntary manslaughter and aggravated battery in the death of 26-year-old Juan Jose Balleza-Ojeda.
Judge Michael P. Joyce handed down the sentence.
Neri-Aguilar pleaded guilty to the charges on Feb. 14. He was originally charged with one count of second-degree murder and one count of attempted second-degree murder.
Calls from the Johnson County Post to Neri-Aguilar’s attorney for a request for comment were not returned.
The stabbing occurred in fall 2023
The stabbings occurred on Nov. 11, 2023, when Olathe police were called to the 500 block of North Marion Street in response to an armed disturbance.
When they arrived, they found Balleza-Ojeda injured from a stab wound. While they attempted live-saving measures, he died from the stabbing on scene, an Olathe police report stated.
A second victim, Alexis Tovar-Estrada, 28, who was also stabbed, was transported to an area hospital where he was treated and released.
Neri-Aguilar attacked both “upon a sudden quarrel or in the heat of passion,” court documents stated.
Victim was a Mexico native
Balleza-Ojada was born in Ocampo, Guanajuato Mexico, and moved to Kansas City when was 16 “to start a new life” and work as a carpenter at his family’s construction business, his obituary stated.
Balleza-Ojada had many loves, including his family, riding horses and pranking his friends, according to his obituary. He is survived by his wife, Abigail Balleza, and their daughter, Anahi.
“He was a kind and generous humble kind of man who was loved by so many,” his obituary stated.
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