Independence man sentenced to over 20 years in prison for killing wife

Independence man sentenced to over 20 years in prison for killing wife

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- A 43-year-old Independence man was sentenced Tuesday for the deadly July 2020 shooting of his wife Daina M. Smith.Ryan D. Smith pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in August. He was sentenced on Tuesday by a Jackson County judge to 22 years in prison.On July 26, 2020, officers were called to a home near 36th Street and South Greenwich Lane at about 10:30 p.m. on reports that a man had shot his wife.As officers were walkin…