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Keokuk man found guilty of killing his own mother
Posted: 07.16.2012 at 6:16 PM
KHQA Newsdesk
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KEOKUK, IOWA -- A 24-year-old Keokuk man has been found guilty of killing his mother last August.

Tri-States Public Radio reports that Adam Pitman was on trial for choking his mother, Rosa Pitman, to death in her home on Concert Street.

Pitman could get a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

The jury of seven men and five women received the case at about 3:15 Monday afternoon. They deliberated for about 60 minutes, then delivered the unanimous verdict.

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