Legal Affairs and Trials with Meghann Cuniff

Legal Affairs and Trials with Meghann Cuniff

In re-trial, jury swiftly convicts 'jilted lover' and rocket hobbyist of fatally bombing ex-girlfriend

The first trial was 10 weeks and ended with a deadlocked jury after eight days of deliberation. This trial was three weeks and ended in guilty verdicts after 90 minutes.

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Jul 20, 2023
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Stephen Beal and Ildiko Krajnyak (photos via FBI and Facebook)

A federal jury in Los Angeles on Wednesday deliberated about 90 minutes before convicting a man of killing his ex-girlfriend in a bombing at her day spa in Orange County five years ago.

The quick verdict came nearly one year after a different jury deadlocked on Stephen William Beal’s four char…

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