Jurors convict man in slaying of 6-year-old girl

Tuesday, January 18, 2005

CLAYTON, Mo. -- St. Louis County jurors Monday convicted a drifter of a murder count carrying a possible death sentence in the 2002 bludgeoning of a 6-year-old girl, turning back defense requests that he be found guilty of a lesser murder count.

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