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CHESAPEAKE, Va.—A jury has convicted a Virginia man in the slaying of a Mormon missionary and the wounding of another.
The jury’s verdict Friday came on the third day of deliberations in the trial of 22-year-old James Boughton Jr. Sentencing is set for Monday in Chesapeake. Boughton faces up to life in prison.
Boughton was convicted of first-degree murder in the January 2006 slaying of Morgan W. Young of Bountiful, Utah. Boughton also was convicted in the shooting of Joshua Heidbrink of Greeley, Colo. Heidbrink recovered and testified at Boughton’s trial.
The missionaries were shot while knocking on doors in the southeast Virginia city.
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Information from: The Virginian-Pilot,
