Aspiring rapper convicted of first-degree murder
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
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(06-25) 18:45 PDT COMPTON, Calif. (AP) --
An aspiring rapper was convicted Wednesday of murder and aggravated mayhem in the April 2002 slaying of a woman who authorities say had her chest ripped open and one of her lungs partially eaten.
A Superior Court jury deliberated less than an hour before returning the guilty verdicts against Antron Singleton, 26. Jurors will now consider Singleton's plea of insanity at the time of the murder. Prosecutors said they are not seeking the death penalty.
The body of Tynisha Ysais, who was stabbed to death, was found in her southeast Los Angeles apartment. Authorities testified that the 21-year-old woman's chest had been cut open and her right lung, which had been removed, appeared chewed and torn.
Singleton, whose stage name was Big Lurch, was arrested after he was spotted walking naked on a street with his mouth, chest and abdomen covered in blood.
Ysais' boyfriend, Thomas Moore, testified that he and Singleton had been smoking PCP the night before the ki1ling.
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