A Louisiana jury convicted a 39-year-old man for beating and stabbing a woman as he streamed the act on Facebook Live before setting the car on fire with the victim still inside.

Earl Lee Johnson was found guilty of first-degree murder the 2022 death of 34-year-old Janice David in Baton Rouge. According to a courtroom report from local CBS affiliate WAFB , jurors came back with the verdict in just over an hour after a five-day trial in which they saw the 16-minute livestream video that showed the heinous slaying.

"In the video, he told you exactly what he was doing, and he did it in front of you, and he wanted to do it that way, but that doesn't mean that he is insane," prosecutor Dana Cummings told the jury during closing arguments. "You saw him killing Janice David. I did not create th

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