JOHNSON COUNTY—A man from Iowa is going to prison for the 2021 killing of a man in Kansas.
According to the Johnson County District Attorney, Michael Balance, 60, Des Moines, was sentenced to just more than 51-year-years in prison for the death of 70-year-old John Hoffman, of Prairie Village.
In May of 2021, police found Hoffman’s body in his apartment. He had been shot several times. Police quickly identified Balance as a suspect in the shooting and contacted Des Moines police, who arrested him.
In October, a Johnson County jury found Balance guilty of second-degree murder. He was originally charged with premeditated first-degree murder, according to the district attorney's office.
A Johnson County jury found Michael L. Balance, 60, of Des Moines, Iowa, guilty of second-degree murder. He was originally charged with premeditated first-degree murder.