Liberal ? A Liberal man was sentenced to almost 13 years in prison for the death of another man whose body was found in a ditch.

Alfredo Brunete was sentenced Monday after pleading no contest last month to second-degree murder in the death of 23-year-old Juan Edgar Hernandez-Jil.

Hernandez-Jil’s body was found Nov. 29 in a ditch in Logan County, about 26 miles south of Oakley. Authorities have not said how Hernandez-Jil died.

The Hutchinson News reports that the victim was from the Commerce City, Colo., area. The KBI says he was believed to be a native of Puebla, Mexico.