PEABODY, MASS. (WHDH) - A guilty verdict has been returned against a 42-year-old man who killed a couple 2 ½ years ago.
A jury found Wes Doughty guilty of first-degree murder, rape and attempted arson in the shooting death of Mark Greenlaw and stabbing death of Jennifer O’Conner in a Peabody property that prosecutors say was a drug den.
Doughty also faced charges of kidnapping, carjacking and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
Prosecutors say killing stemmed from a web of relationships and conflicts between the people living at the home.
Doughty’s attorney said his client killed Greenlaw and O’Conner to protect a “father figure,” who ran the house.
Sentencing is expected to come down next week.
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