Facebook Twitter Email
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2002

A jury in New Mexico on Thursday convicted a man of first-degree murder charges for stabbing a Navajo woman to death.

Robert Ray Fry was found guilty on all the kidnapping, attempted rape and murder charges against him. The verdict came after more than seven hours of deliberation, reported The Farmington Daily-Times.

Fry stabbed Betty Lee to death in June 2000. Co-defendant Leslie Engh pleaded guilty and testified against him.

Fry faces the death penalty.

Get the Story:
Fry guilty: Jury convicts killer on all counts (The Farmington Daily-Times 4/19)
Jury Convicts Farmington Man of First-Degree Murder (AP 4/18)

Related Stories:
Death penalty an option for Navajo murder (4/18)
Navajo murder case goes to jury (4/17)
Witnesses testify in Navajo murder trial (4/11)
Evidence ties man to Navajo death (4/10)
Testimony starts in Navajo murder case (4/9)
Jury set for Navajo murder trial (4/5)
Jury picks continue for Navajo death (4/3)
Jury picks stalled in Navajo case (3/29)
'Mean Redneck' faces trial in N.M. (3/28)