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MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - A Montgomery man has been convicted of murder in connection with the city's fourth homicide of 2012.
A Montgomery County jury convicted Gordon Fowler of murder in the Feb. 19 stabbing death of Lori Skinner Thomas.
Police
say the murder happened after a verbal altercation at Thomas'
Cloverdale Road home turned physical and Fowler stabbed Thomas. Police
believe Fowler and Thomas had a romantic relationship, but not a dating
relationship.
The jury in this case had the option of convicting
him of manslaughter. They chose instead to convict him of murder. Fowler
is scheduled to be sentenced on January 10, 2013. His crime carries a
possible sentence of 20 years to life in prison.