Brodey Murbarger, 26, was found guilty of first degree murder on Thursday after the jury deliberated for only an hour. Murbarger was accused in the 2014 disappearance and killing of 15-year-old Megan Nichols. FBI investigator William O'Sullivan testified Wednesday about the more than 7,000 text messages exchanged between Murbarger and Nichols between December 2013 and February 2014. O'Sullivan said the messages at first were romantic and sexual in nature and included several references to the couple planning a runaway in mid-2014. O'Sullivan says that in February 2014 the messages reflected a more tumultuous relationship, with Murbarger at one point calling Nichols 'annoying.' The defense only called Murbarger's father Jayson Murbarger to the stand, as well as the defendant himself to testify. The father and son were asked about blood found in the defendant's car that prosecutors argued was used to transport Megan's body to a rural Boyleston fiel
Brodey Murbarger, 26, has been found guilty of first degree murder following his trial on Thursday. It took just one hour for the jury to deliberate. Murbarger was accused in the 2014 disappearance and killing of 15-year-old Megan Nichols. FBI investigator William O’Sullivan testified Wednesday […]