KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A man has been convicted of fatally shooting a man and cutting off his head and hands. Chester H. James, 60, was found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Kevin Tucker, 38.
Tucker's girlfriend told the jury that James rushed into the home the couple shared, killed Tucker and left his body in the basement.
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