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Jury Finds Man Guilty Of Murder Of West Haven Man Found Dead By Jogger
A Connecticut man has been found guilty of killing another man on a playground in a robbery-murder plot.
Rickey Trayham, age 28, of New Haven, was found guilty on Wednesday, May 31 by a jury in New Haven of the murder of Rondell Atkinson on Monday, June 7, 2021, said New Haven State’s Attorney John Doyle, Jr.
According to evidence introduced at trial, Traynham shot Atkinson, age 33, of West Haven, during a robbery at the Pease Road Playground in Woodbridge.
Atkinson’s body was found the next day by a jogger. Traynham was implicated in the murder when his codefendant, Jorden Rud…