Man convicted in 1975 death of Grand Rapids woman

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By Beth Boehne

Story Created: Jul 2, 2008 at 11:21 AM EDT

Story Updated: Jul 2, 2008 at 11:22 AM EDT

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A Kent County jury has convicted a 53-year-old man in the 1975 murder of a college student in her Grand Rapids apartment.

Jurors took less than an hour Tuesday to find Lamont Marshall guilty of first-degree murder in the strangling and stabbing of 20-year-old Laurel Ellis.

The break in the case came when investigators had the suspect's DNA compared with a blood drop using technology unavailable at the time of the May 1975 slaying.

Marshall will be sentenced July 23.

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Information from: The Grand Rapids Press, http://www.mlive.com/grpress

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