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Jury returns a guilty verdict in the Justin Thurber trial

A District Court jury took less than an hour this morning to find Justin Thurber guilty of capital murder and aggravated kidnapping in the brutal murder of Ark City teen Jodi Sanderholm in January 2007.

Day 5: Prints put defendant, victim together

UPDATE:(Afternoon session) Finding Jodi Sanderholm\'s body under a pile of limbs and debris at the Kaw Wildlife area quickly turned a search for a missing person into a criminal investigation, KBI investigator Dave Falletti told jurors Monday.

Day 3: Sanderholm, Thurber families testify

Jodi Sanderholm was awake in her bed and petting the family cat the last time her mother saw her alive the morning of Jan. 5, 2007, Cindy Sanderholm testified Wednesday morning.

UPDATE: Women tell of run ins with Thurber

UPDATE: 5:40 p.m. - Arkansas City Police Officer Tom Scott testified during Justin Thurber\'s capital murder trial Monday afternoon that he went to the Kaw Wildlife Area with Alexis Swartzel, Thurber\'s ex-girlfriend, because she told police she had gone to the area many times with Thurber and that he once told her that that would be a good area to get rid of a body.

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Winfield - Our news partners at KSOK Radio are streaming live audio from the trial of Justin Thurber.

Jury of 12 selected as Thurber trial start nears

Winfield - A jury of six men and six women will decide the fate of capital murder suspect Justin Thurber. The final step in jury selection began this morning and was completed by the lunch break.

Smith: Thurber trial could begin by Jan. 26

Winfield - Justin Thurber\'s capital-murder trial in the death of Arkansas City\'s Jodi Sanderholm could start Jan. 26 if a Cowley County judge determines Thurber is competent to stand trial, County Attorney Chris Smith said late Friday.

Thurber trial: 348 are called for jury screening

Winfield - Nearly 350 potential jurors will wade through 18 pages of questions designed to help determine who will eventually sit on the 12-person jury in the capital murder trial of Arkansas City’s Justin Thurber, court officials said Monday.

Thurber to be back in courtroom Thursday

Winfield - Capital murder suspect Justin Thurber will be back in a Winfield courtroom Thursday afternoon. The appearance was scheduled last month.

Johnson prelim hearing continued to Oct. 4

Winfield - A preliminary hearing for a Wichita man accused of fatally shooting his wife, a former Cowley County resident, has been continued until Oct. 4.