William Brown was arrested and charged in the stabbing death of 25-year-old Ryan Skipper, an openly gay man from Winter Haven.
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Second conviction in Skipper's murder
Updated: Tuesday, 03 Nov 2009, 4:26 PM EST
Published : Tuesday, 03 Nov 2009, 4:20 PM EST
BARTOW - A jury has found a man guilty of first degree murder in the 2007 stabbing death 25-year-old Ryan Skipper.
The jury found William Brown guilty after about three hours of deliberations.
Skipper died after being stabbed 19 times in his neck and back. His body was then dumped along a rural road. His death was described as a hate crime because he was openly gay.
In February, 23-year-old Joseph Bearden was convicted of second-degree murder and given a life sentence in Skipper's murder.
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