WEATHERFORD,
Texas (AP) - A Texas man has been found guilty of kidnapping his former neighbor and raping
her on a deer-skinning device and a bed where she was chained
nightly for almost two weeks.
Jurors
deliberated 50 minutes before reaching a verdict in Jeffrey Allan Maxwell's case. The
59-year-old was charged with aggravated kidnapping and two counts of
aggravated sexual assault.
Maxwell faces
up to life in prison. Jurors will hear more evidence during the trial's punishment
phase.
The woman
testified last week that Maxwell abducted her March 1 from her rural home. Then he drove 100 miles
away to his Corsicana house, 50 miles south of Dallas.
She was
rescued 12 days later when authorities went to question Maxwell about her disappearance.
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