
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, July 13, 1993                   TAG: 9307130225
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: PHOENIX                                LENGTH: Short

TEEN GUILTY OF 9 MURDERS IN ARIZ. TEMPLE

A jury convicted a 19-year-old military enthusiast Monday of robbing and killing nine people at a Buddhist temple in what a prosecutor said was the biggest murder case in Arizona history.

Johnathan Doody was convicted of nine counts of murder, nine counts of armed robbery and one count each of burglary and conspiracy to commit armed burglary in the Aug. 9, 1991, massacre.

Authorities said six Monks, an elderly nun and two male followers were shot in the head one by one after being ordered onto the floor of the Wat Promkunaram temple's living quarters.

Prosecutor K.C. Scull said Doody, then 17, systematically killed each victim because he feared one might recognize him. His younger brother had been active at the temple.

- Associated Press

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