Daniel French was found guilty of aggravated murder in the death of 86-year-old Barbara Howe.
On Wednesday he was found guilty of aggravated murder and aggravated burglary, meaning that he is eligible for the death penalty.
French is accused of killing Howe more than two years earlier in Ohio. Howe’s body was found in the trunk of the car.
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During the alleged confession the Journal-News says French tells the detective that he only meant to rob the elderly woman, not kill her.
“I just wanted to see if she had money. I was going to take it. Basically I took a stun gun. This is all I was going to do. It didn’t work. It wasn’t my intention to choke her to death. I was just trying to get her to black out and she wouldn’t. I choked her to death,” French told detectives.
French told detectives that he was haunted by Howe’s ghost and had apologized to her.
