Nicholas Vovos, 24, of California, was sentenced to 38 years in state prison in Colorado, on October 4, 2006.  Vovos was convicted in July of attempted murder and assault on peace officers, stemming from a shootout with police in Colorado on July 3, 2005, in which his wife was killed. Vovos also faces murder charges in California, where prosecutors may seek the death penalty.  

During the sentencing hearing, Vovos' hair was cut short so that the "Muscoy Boy" tattoo on the back of his head was clearly visible.  According to authorities, the tattoo refers to a town in California where Vovos was a member of a skinhead group.

Vovos and his wife were wanted for questioning in the disappearance of a 62-year-old woman whose body was later found in a shallow grave in the San Bernardino Mountains west of Los Angeles.

The district attorney's office in Orange County plans to have their murder case ready, and to extradite him by early 2007.