Man convicted in double homicide in Columbia

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(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.

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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