A convicted killer in Berrien County has been found guilty of another killing. Berrien County prosecutors charged 20-year-old Rease Pence with First-Degree Murder and several related counts for the 2022 shooting death of a Gavin Blankenship, 14, at Arbor Trails Apartments. Pence is already serving more than 122 years for a double homicide in South Bend earlier that year. Sentencing in this case is set for early January.

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