Nov 21, 2008 2:40 pm US/Eastern
Pennsylvania Manager Guilty Of Killing Intern
MEDIA, Pa. (AP) ―
A suburban Philadelphia businessman who hosted gay sex parties at his house has been convicted of first-degree murder in the drugging and strangulation death of a company intern.
William Smithson of Glen Mills faces a possible death sentence in the slaying of 23-year-old Jason Kyle Shephard of Cavalier, N.D. The penalty phase of the trial begins Monday in Delaware County.
The college student's body was found in the 43-year-old Smithson's home in suburban Philadelphia in September 2006.
The verdict Friday comes after a weeklong trial.
Defense lawyer G. Guy Smith blamed another man who supplied drugs to Smithson and later lied to police about the night of the death.
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