EXETER, Calif. (KFSN) -- An Exeter man who stabbed his wife and then buried her alive is staying behind bars for now.
Tulare County prosecutors say they got a five-year denial of parole for 44-year-old Cesar Navarro after arguing against his release.
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He was found guilty of the 1998 murder of his wife, Elizabeth, who was just 20 years old.
Navarro stabbed her several times in the head and neck with a screwdriver.
He then buried her in the backyard of their home.
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Her body was found two weeks later after a desperate search by her family.
Navarro was convicted in 2000 and sentenced to life in prison.