LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man charged with killing an 80-year-old woman during a Los Angeles burglary four decades ago has been convicted of first-degree murder.
Prosecutors say the jury convicted Dennis Vazquez Wednesday after only an hour-and-a-half in deliberations. Vasquez, who’s 55, faces a possible life sentence.
Authorities say Vazquez strangled Alice Lewis at her Venice home in December of 1975.
He was only identified as a suspect in 2009 through DNA testing.
Another man, Kevin Shanahan, also was charged but two years ago, a judge ruled that he was incompetent to stand trial and he was sent to a mental hospital.
