A former Bellevue resident who was deported from the United States, but returned using the identity of the brother he murdered was sentenced March 17 to five years in prison for violating immigration and gun laws.

Junne Kyoo Koh, 51, was originally sentenced to prison and deported for the 1984 murder of his younger brother, Sang. However, Koh then reportedly used his deceased brother’s identity to return to the U.S., gain employment and purchase firearms that he was prohibited from possessing due to his murder conviction.

“The offense is serious – (Koh was) deported for a very violent crime and voluntarily arming himself with not one but two firearms,” Chief U.S. District Judge Ricardo S. Martinez said at the sentencing hearing.

Koh reportedly called the Bellevue Police Department in June 2014, identifying himself as Song Koh and reported that his family was missing. He then accused neighbors of kidnapping his parents and brother, and talked about shooting the neighbors.

Detectives removed one gun from the family home and went with him to a storage locker to retrieve a second weapon. The parents were ultimately located safely residing in Southern California.

Koh’s call to police triggered an investigation, and police soon discovered Sang Koh’s death and Junne Koh’s murder conviction.

By that time, Koh had fled the Bellevue area and was ultimately arrested Aug. 6, 2014 in Los Angeles where he apparently was trying to locate his family.

On Nov. 20, 2015, he was found guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm, being an alien in possession of a firearm and illegal re-entry after deportation.