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DENVER (AP) -- The sentencing on a firearms charge for a man linked by the FBI to four dead or missing people has been delayed until Thursday so more witnesses can testify.
Scott Lee Kimball, 42, faces a prison term of up to 10 years after pleading guilty in January to being a felon in possession of a weapon.
Kimball was scheduled to be sentenced on Tuesday but there wasn't enough time for all the witnesses.
The FBI says Kimball had connections to 24-year-old Leann Emry, whose body was found in Utah, and 19-year-old Kaysi McLeod, whose remains were found in northwest Colorado. Both disappeared in 2003.
The FBI also linked Kimball to 25-year-old Jennifer Marcum, who disappeared in 2003. Kimball's 60-year-old uncle, Terry Kimball, disappeared in 2004. Both are missing.
The weapons charge stems from 2005 when authorities said Kimball, who had been convicted of a felony, had a Winchester rifle with a scope. He has said he needed the rifle to hunt coyotes that were threatening his cattle.
On Tuesday, prosecutors called Kimball's mother, a brother and a former girlfriend to the stand to counter that claim.
Last December, Kimball began serving a 48-year sentence after pleading guilty to theft and being a habitual offender.
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