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Jury Finds Man Guilty Of Murdering Girlfriend
Published On: Oct 14 2011 02:30:56 PM EDT Updated On: Jun 21 2007 09:24:35 AM EDTThe jury in the trial of a Jacksonville man accused of beating his girlfriend to death inside her Northside home reached a verdict Thursday afternoon.
They found Steven Montgomery guilty of second-degree murder in the death of 23-year-old Tarnesha Ellis.
The murder took place in October 2005, and police said that after killing Ellis, Montgomery ate ice cream with her 2-year-old son before leaving the scene.
He was arrested a few days later in a stolen car in Georgia.
Montgomery is expected to be back in court on Monday for sentencing.
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