Saved from : http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/10/31/quad.slaying.ap/index.html Denver man sentenced to life in shooting deaths Sunday, October 31, 2004 Posted: 9:24 AM EST (1424 GMT) *DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- A Colorado man who admitted binding six people with duct tape and shooting them in the head while a 3-year-old girl watched has been sentenced to life in prison.* Edward Herrera, 52, pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder earlier this month and was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences plus 48 years on Friday. Two people survived the August 2003 shootings at the home of Herrera's estranged girlfriend, Rose Amador, who was among those killed. The shooting was Denver's worst mass killing in more than a decade. According to court documents, Herrera told his son, Michael Sandoval, that he was robbing a "crack house" for easy money. Sandoval said he drove his father to the home and helped bind the victims, but when he went to get the car, he heard gunshots and sped away from the home, leaving his father behind. Killed were Amador, 46; Blanca Duenas-Balbuena, 21; Amador's brother, Filbert "Bobby" Pacheco, 47; and Pacheco's girlfriend, Sally Mendoza, 47. Carlos Balbuena, 22, and Douglas Kubo, 39, were wounded. Family members said Duenas-Balbuena's 3-year-old daughter witnessed the slayings. Sandoval pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright 2004 The Associated Press . All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.