CHICAGO (WLS) -- A jury reached a guilty verdict for Crosetti Brand in his murder trial after deliberations began Thursday.

Brand is the man who was accused of killing 11-year-old Jayden Perkins and injuring his pregnant mom in Edgewater.

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As soon as Perkins' family stepped outside the courtroom Thursday evening, one of his relatives letting out a loud scream of what sounded like relief, and finally, justice, as the man accused of taking his life was found guilty on all counts.

Perkins family shared a bittersweet celebration outside the Leighton Criminal Courthouse as their family finally got justice for the beloved 11-year-old boy.

"Justice had been done," relative Titus Washington said. "That's all we wanted was justice. We got

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