NJ Man Convicted Of Murder In Girlfriend's Dragging Death
READING, Pa. (AP) — A New Jersey man already behind bars for severely injuring his ex-girlfriend in 2008 is now convicted of her murder.
A Berks County jury on Wednesday found 26-year-old Michael Morrone guilty of third-degree murder in the death of Christine McGhee, who was left in a vegetative state for nearly three years after being dragged across a Kutztown University parking lot in 2008.
Prosecutors said Morrone sped off when McGhee, a Kutztown student from Warminster, Bucks County, was standing on his pickup truck's running board.
Morrone, of Marlton, N.J., was charged with murder after a coroner determined that McGhee died in March 2012 of brain injuries from the incident.
Morrone is currently jailed from his 2010 aggravated assault conviction in the case.
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