Jury returns guilty verdict in Barnette case

October 19, 2011 at 11:31a.m.

A jury has returned a guilty verdict in the capital murder trial of Lorenza Barnette for an Aug. 11, 2009, double-suffocation slaying.

Barnette, 29, of Lora Avenue, and two other men were charged with aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, kidnapping and arson in the deaths of Jaron L. Roland, 20, of Fairmont Avenue, and his cousin, Darry B. Woods-Burt Jr., 19, of the city’s North Side.

The jury found Barnette guilty on all counts except for the aggravated robbery charges.

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