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Covey guilting of raping and burying alive 9-year-old; CNN, 8 March 2007

Couey guilty in murder of 9-year-old girl

MIAMI (CNN) -- A convicted sex offender was convicted Wednesday of abducting, raping and killing 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford by burying her alive, a case that sparked national outrage and led to stricter Florida laws regarding registration and supervision of released sexual predators.
After deliberating for about four hours, a Miami jury convicted John Evander Couey of first-degree murder in Jessica's death. She was abducted two years ago from her home in Homosassa, Fla., and found buried three weeks later at the home of Couey's half-sister, within sight of her own home. (Posted 11:30 p.m.)

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