After deliberating for two days, a jury found Feb. 16 Benito Valdez guilty of first-degree murder while armed for the homicides of Curtis Pixley, 29; Keith Simmons, 24; and Samantha Gillard, 23, on April 23, 1991 in Langdon Park, located on the 1800 block of Franklin Street, NE.
Valdez was also found guilty of three counts of kidnapping while armed and one count of sodomy while armed. He is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Judith Bartnoff on April 13, 2018.
