Edward Greenwell also pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Oops, something didn't work. This is a carousel with slides. After a mistrial and later an acquittal of first-degree murder, Donna Yaklich was finally convicted for conspiracy and sentenced to 40 years in a Colorado correctional facility. On December 12, 1985, one of the people hired by Pueblo County Sheriff Dan Corsentino is reopening a 28-year-old investigation into the death of Barbara Yaklich after a 9News report indicated the original medical examiner might have missed a murder. After serving 21 years in the Colorado women's correctional facility in Canon City, she was released to a halfway. One night, he is too restless to sleep, and orders Donna to leave the room. They were arrested and charged with murder. The authorities struggled to find clues to the execution style shooti Read allAt 31, Donna Yaklich was married to a Pueblo Colorado narcotics detective, and raising a son and four stepchildren on the family's farm. 2021.