CHICAGO (WLS) — A man charged in the Chicago murder of 21-year-old Diamond Turner was found guilty on Friday.

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Police say Turner was found dead in an alley in March 2017.

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Nearly three years after the murder, CPD officials said DNA evidence led to Arthur Hilliard’s arrest.

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Cook County prosecutors also linked him to the stabbing murder of another person in 2019.

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A jury found Hilliard guilty of all three counts he was charged with, including murder and concealing a homicide, in connection with Turner’s killing on Friday.

Hilliard will be back in court later this month for post-trial motions.

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