A man who was serving time in state prison when he was charged in the 1983 killing of a single mother whose body was found inside an abandoned home in Los Angeles was convicted Wednesday of murdering her.

The downtown Los Angeles jury deliberated about 45 minutes before finding Teddy Jerome Young, now 63, guilty of first-degree murder for the January 1983 shotgun slaying of 37-year-old Alice Faye Chatman.

Jurors also found true the special circumstance allegations of murder during the commission of a kidnapping and murder during the commission of a rape, along with an allegation that he personally used a shotgun during the crime.

Young is facing life in prison without the possibility of parole, with sentencing set for Oct. 1 before Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Eleanor J. Hunt

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