MARION, Ind. (AP) — A jury has convicted a northern Indiana woman of the strangulation demise of her 10-yr-previous stepdaughter.

The Grant County jury deliberated about three hours Friday afternoon earlier than discovering Amanda Carmack of Gasoline Metropolis responsible of homicide, strangulation, neglect of a dependent Ensuing in demise and home battery Ensuing in demise to A particular person beneath 14.

The jury will reconvene Monday To imagine about whether or not Carmack Ought to be sentenced to life in jail with out parole, WANE-Tv reported.

Police found Skylea Carmack’s physique in a shed in September 2019. She had final been seen that Aug. 31, and days later, Carmack admitted to strangling the woman to demise in a shed behind the househprevious’s house. The physique was found stashed in pfinalic trash luggage Inside the shed.

Carmack’s first trial ended with a mistrial final November after a quantity of people involved Inside the case examined constructive for COVID-19.

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