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Terrell Yarbrough was found guilty of first-degree murder in the murders of two Franciscan University students in 1999. A hearing will be held on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. to determine whether or not Yarbrough will receive the death penalty.
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WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Terrell Yarbrough was found guilty of first degree murder in the killings of two Franciscan University students back in 1999.
It took a jury two days to decide that Yarbrough was, one of the men, who took the two Franciscan University students, 20-year-old Aaron Land and 18-year-old old Brian Muha from their campus apartment in Steubenville, Ohio and drove them across state lines to Robinson Township, Pa. where they were shot to death.
The victim's families were both in the courtroom and they say...they all have been tormented since their deaths in 1999.
Yarbrough's family left the courthouse in tears without speaking to the media, but the families of the victims spoke to me.
"Being without Brian is lifelong and we miss him so much but having to dredge up all the horror that Brian went through, the cruel treatment by other human beings, having to remember it all, hear all of it, think about all of it.... that's over again and now we can dwell on Brian and that's a good thing," Rachel Muha, the victim's mother, said.
"The state of Pennsylvania has affirmed what the state of Ohio has done. We should never have had to gone through this trial," Kathleen O'Hara, Aaron Land's mother, said. "The defense tried to portray a fairy tale and clearly the jury didn't buy it."
Meanwhile, the families may have to go through another trial. That of co-conspirator Nathan Herring. He too was convicted in the killings but that decision was overturned.
A hearing will be held on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. to determine whether or not Yarbrough will receive the death penalty.
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