A truck driver has been convicted of the brutal murder of a New Jersey woman more than three decades ago.
A judge in Union County convicted Carlton Franklin of murdering neighbor Lena Triano in her Westfield home in 1976.
Prosecutors say Triano was found tied, raped beaten and strangled in her home.
Franklin was arrested last spring after the prosecutor’s office’s cold case unit uncovered evidence that could be tested with modern techniques.
Since Franklin was 15-years-old at the time of the murder, prosecutors tried the 52-year-old in juvenile court, in accordance the laws in effect in 1976. Full Article
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