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A former Decorah man was convicted by a jury this week in the disappearance and death of a 15-year-old girl, who was the daughter of his girlfriend, in 2017.

A jury Tuesday found James Bachmurski Sr., 66, who was living in Swainsboro, Ga., when arrested and charged last year , guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Jade Marie Colvin, following a six day trial, according to a news release from the Iowa Attorney General’s Office.

Jade Colvin went missing from Bachmurski’s rural Decorah farm on March 30, 2017. She had just returned from living in Arizona and was staying a short time with Bachmurski, who was in a relationship with Jade’s mother, LaDawn.

Jade was last seen at Walmart in

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