COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - A Columbia man has been convicted of killing two men in what prosecutors say was a drug deal gone bad.
The Boone County jury on Thursday found 26-year-old Darious Lucas guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of armed criminal action.
He was accused of killing 42-year-old James Richardson and 42-year-old Kenneth Long, whose bodies were found in September 2015 at the abandoned El Ray Trailer Park just outside Columbia city limits.
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Lucas will be sentenced June 19. First-degree murder convictions carry mandatory life sentences without parole. Lucas is already serving a six-year sentence for drug trafficking.
Boone County District Defender David Wallis said he will seek a new trial.
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