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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowA man has been convicted of murder, robbery and obstruction of justice in the fatal shooting of his ex-girlfriend in southwestern Indiana.
A jury returned the verdict Monday in the case against 23-year-old Isaiah Hagan. The Evansville Courier & Press reports the second phase of Hagan's trial starts Thursday, when the jury will decide whether to recommend a sentence of life without parole.
Defense attorney Mark Phillips argued during the trial that other people could have been involved in 20-year-old Halee Rathgeber's death.
Hagan was charged in Rathgeber's April 2017 slaying. The body of the University of Southern Indiana student was found at a soccer complex. Hagan's first trial ended in a mistrial after his lawyer learned at least one juror had seen Hagan in a holding cell.
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