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WARWICK -- A Kent County Superior Court jury has found Brian Mlyniec, 45, guilty of first-degree murder in the 2006 death of 41-year-old Kelly Ann Andersen.

Prosecutors say Mlyniec picked up Kelly Ann Andersen at Kennedy Plaza in June 2006. According to prosecutors, Mlyniec, who had had a previous relationship with Andersen, made the woman who was already inebriated, drink a mixture of vodka and Gatorade.

Then, prosecutors say, the two rode the bus to Mlyniec's West Warwick house, where he sexually assaulted her, punched and pounded on her, until she died.

Mlyniec's lawyers suggested Andersen died from the toxic mixture of drugs and alcohol in her system.

Jurors also found Mlyniec guilty of the supplementary charge "aggravated battery," which could have implications during his sentencing, scheduled for Sept. 4.

On hand to hear the verdict were Andersen's four sisters, her daughter and her granddaughter.

"We've waited a long time for this," sister Dianne L. Leddy said. "Justice for Kelly."

Read more on the trial.

-- With reports from Journal staff writer Nandini Jayakrishna

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Frank N. Stein said:

Mylniec shoulda hired me instead of his lawyer. I mighta been able to get him off by "convincing" a Spin Doctor from the State Medical Examiner's office to show cause of death as "Sudden death complicating Excited Delirium Syndrome."

Link | July 3, 2008 3:36 PM
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