UPDATE: 31-year-old found guilty in murder of South Bend teen

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Jason Reeves walks out of a home on Christyann Street in Mishawaka after a two-hour standoff with the SWAT team in July 2008. Reeves was arrested in connection with the 2006 murder of 16-year-old Ja-Vonda Tharbs. (WSBT photo)

By Beth Boehne

Story Created: Jun 5, 2009 at 11:31 AM EST

Story Updated: Jun 5, 2009 at 3:55 PM EST

SOUTH BEND — A 31-year-old man was found guilty Friday of murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the death of 16-year-old Ja-Vonda Tharbs.

Jason Reeves was one of five people accused in the April 2006 killing of the teen.

It took a jury just over three hours to return guilty verdicts on both charges.

Emotions ran high for both families during the proceedings, and some had a lot to say about the case when it was all over.

Read more about this story in Saturday’s South Bend Tribune.

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