3Worcester, MA – A Worcester County jury has convicted 43-year-old Joshua Hubert of multiple charges, including attempted murder and kidnapping, after prosecutors said he strangled a 7-year-old girl and threw her off a bridge into Lake Quinsigamond in 2017, District Attorney Joseph D. Early, Jr. announced.

The verdict came Wednesday after a multi-day trial in Worcester Superior Court. Hubert was found guilty of two counts of attempted murder, one count of strangulation, and one count of kidnapping a child. He was acquitted of two aggravated rape charges.

Prosecutors said Hubert attended a family cookout with the victim’s relatives on Aug. 26, 2017, and in the early hours of the next day kidnapped the girl. He allegedly strangled her before driving to the I-290 bridge and throwing her in

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