It was the second time Emanuel Lopes was tried. A trial last summer was declared a mistrial after jurors deliberated for weeks. This time, jurors convicted him on 11 offenses connected to the July 15, 2018, incident.
The crowd in the courtroom Friday erupted in cheers when the foreman of the jury read aloud the verdict of guilty of first-degree murder in Chesna's 2018 killing. The jury found Lopes guilty of second-degree murder in Adams’ killing.