Guam man found guilty of murder in rampage
Monday, 4 August 2014
A Guam jury has convicted a man of murdering three Japanese tourists in a crash and stabbing rampage that hurt 11 others. The panel of 10 women and two men on Monday rejected the mental illness defense of 22-year-old Chad Ryan DeSoto. His lawyers argued he spiraled out of control into psychosis after his grandfather died and his girlfriend moved to Utah. The jury agreed with prosecutors who say DeSoto knew what he was doing during the attack in a busy tourist spot on Feb. 12, 2013. DeSoto was accused of barreling his car down a busy sidewalk, crashing it into a convenience store and getting out and stabbing people who were nearby. DeSoto was also convicted of attempted murder. He faces life in prison without the possibility of parole when he is sentenced Sept. 25, according to AP.