KC man to be sentenced for killing six women

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A judge is expected to send a 46-year-old man to prison for life in the deaths of six women in Kansas City.

Jackson County Circuit Judge John R. O'Malley on Thursday is scheduled to sentence Terry Blair for killing the women in 2004. Their bodies were found in an area of Kansas City frequented by drug dealers and prostitutes.

After a non-jury trial, O'Malley on March 27 convicted Blair of the six slayings. Blair can only face life in prison because he agreed to be tried before a judge instead of jury in return for prosecutors agreeing not to pursue the death penalty.