Milke was also sentenced on four additional felony counts including: Use of a Firearm to Commit a Felony, Kidnapping, 1st Degree False Imprisonment, and Tampering with Physical Evidence.
He was found convicted on the charges following a jury trial last month.
The Nebraska Attorney General’s Office, the Gage County Attorney’s Office, the Beatrice Police Department, and the Nebraska State Patrol assisted in the investigation, arrest, and prosecution of the case.
Leslie was a 1990 graduate of the Southeast Consolidated School in Stella. She was 52 at the time of her death.
