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Larimer County Sheriff's Office
Matthew TattiFORT COLLINS — A jury has convicted a Fort Collins man for his role in the beating and stabbing death of another man in 2016.
Matthew Tatti was convicted of the lesser charge Friday instead of first-degree murder for the death of Benjamin McKinley.
Prosecutors say 39-year-old Tatti and Anthony Horne beat McKinley while the two co-defendants were drinking with other transients inside an abandoned building.
Prosecutors say Tatti gave Horne the pocketknife Horne used to stab McKinley to death.
Horne pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in 2017 and was sentenced to 48 years with the state Department of Corrections.
Tatti’s sentencing hearing is scheduled for June 25.
He faces a maximum sentence of six years in prison and $500,000 in fines.
