A northwestern Pennsylvania man has been convicted of first-degree murder in the in the stabbing death of his girlfriend two years ago.
Jurors in Elk County also convicted 24-year-old Nicholas Martin of Johnsonburg on Monday of abuse of a corpse in the death of 18-year-old Alyssa Forsyth of Ridgway.
Authorities said the victim was stabbed more than 100 times with a knife and a screwdriver. Her nude body was found covered with trash bags near deer carcasses in a park in March 2013.
Defense attorney Michael Marshall argued that the case was a "passion killing'' rather than a premeditated murder.
Martin faces a mandatory term of life in prison without possibility of parole.
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