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WASHINGTON: A man in the US has been convicted of the first-degree murder of an Indian-origin student after four years of untiring efforts by his family to seek justice, according to a media report.
When Southern Illinois University student Pravin Varughese was found dead in 2014 after being missing for five days, authorities in Carbondale initially declared it as a tragic accident.
Varughese's cause of death at that time was reported as environmental hypothermia, Chicago Tribune reported.
The family of the 19-year-old student from Morton Grove was simply unwilling to accept that.
His relatives pushed for further investigation, had an independent autopsy performed that conflicted with the local coroner's findings and filed suit against Carbondale and its police chief, who was fired soon after.
A 12-person jury on Thursday found Gaege Bethune, a southern Illinois man, guilty of the first-degree murder of Varughese.
"Pravin's day finally came. He can rest in peace now," Pravin's mother, Lovely Varughese said.
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Man found guilty of murdering Indian-origin student in US - Times of India
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WASHINGTON: A man in the US has been convicted of the first-degree murder of an Indian-origin student after four years of untiring efforts by his family to seek justice, according to a media report.
When Southern Illinois University student Pravin Varughese was found dead in 2014 after being missing for five days, authorities in Carbondale initially declared it as a tragic accident.
Varughese's cause of death at that time was reported as environmental hypothermia, Chicago Tribune reported.
The family of the 19-year-old student from Morton Grove was simply unwilling to accept that.
His relatives pushed for further investigation, had an independent autopsy performed that conflicted with the local coroner's findings and filed suit against Carbondale and its police chief, who was fired soon after.
A 12-person jury on Thursday found Gaege Bethune, a southern Illinois man, guilty of the first-degree murder of Varughese.
"Pravin's day finally came. He can rest in peace now," Pravin's mother, Lovely Varughese said.
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Man found guilty of murdering Indian-origin student in US - Times of India
