Third person convicted in triple slaying

Thu, May 15, 2008    to del.icio.us

KALAMAZOO (AP) — A third suspect has been convicted in the beating and stabbing deaths of a 93-year-old Kalamazoo County man, his 91-year-old wife and their 63-year-old daughter.

A jury found Jerome Williams guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder, perjury and home invasion. Marinus and Sary Polderman and daughter Anna Lewis died Aug. 31, 2000, in Pavilion Township.

The 38-year-old Galesburg man faces automatic life imprisonment without parole.

A jury in December convicted 28-year-old Benjamin Platt of first-degree murder, while 26-year-old Brandy Miller pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and awaits sentencing.

Jury selection has started for 31-year-old Andrew Miller, while 24-year-old Angela McConnell faces trial July 29.