Monday, Nov. 16, 2009

SC death row inmate found guilty a second time

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- A 42-year-old man already on South Carolina's death row has been found guilty of killing a 74-year-old man in a separate shooting.

The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reports a jury found Stephen Stanko guilty Monday of murder and armed robbery in the April 8, 2005, shooting death of Henry Turner. The elderly man was found dead in his home.

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Stanko. He is already on death row for killing his live-in girlfriend, Laura Ling, in 2005, and sexually abusing a teen girl the same day.

Prosecutors said he then went to Turner's home and shot him twice, once in the back through a pillow.

Stanko was found guilty in August 2006 in Ling's death and the teen's assault. He is appealing that death sentence.