After random deadly stabbing attack, Wichita man sentenced to decades in prison
A 39-year-old man convicted of fatally stabbing one person and injuring another in a random south Wichita home invasion in 2021 has been sentenced to more than 43 years in prison.
Goldy Metcalf of Wichita was sentenced Monday to 467 months on a charge of second-degree murder and 59 months on a charge of attempted second-degree murder, Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office spokesperson Dan Dillon said by email.
Those sentences will run concurrently.
Metcalf pleaded guilty on Nov. 19, 2024 to a home invasion on Dec. 4, 2021, where he fatally stabbed Rosane Machado, 64 and injured her husband, Marcelo Machado, 73, in their home in the 600 block of South Green.
The Machados are from Brazil, where they worked as missionaries and church pastors before moving to Kansas and becoming U.S. citizens. They did not know Metcalf, and police said the attack was random, The Eagle reported.
The stabbings were a part of a Dec. 4, 2021 crime spree that Metcalf carried out while he was already on parole for previous crimes.
The day started with an attempted car break-in around 5 a.m., where Metcalf was cited for misdemeanor tampering with a vehicle and received a ride from police to a hospital so he could get treatment for a lip injury.
Hours later he left the hospital and stole a pickup truck that he crashed into a church. He forced his way into the Machados’ back door where he stabbed the couple.
They were taken to the hospital, where Rosane died from her injuries.
Rosane Machado committed her life to Christ when she was 14, her son told The Eagle. For decades, she and her husband of 44 years ministered to homeless people in Brazil.
“She was just really a bubbly, smiling person, never in a bad mood,” Israel Machado said. “Very compassionate, she had a very tender heart. She would stop and pray with anyone at any time.”
In addition to his prison sentence, Metcalf will receive 36 months of post-release supervision and is ordered to pay $3,900 in restitution, Dillon said.