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'Brutal Killing': Man Convicted In 2017 Lawrence YMCA Rooming House Slaying 'Brutal Killing': Man Convicted In 2017 Lawrence YMCA Rooming House Slaying
'Brutal Killing': Man Convicted In 2017 Lawrence YMCA Rooming House Slaying A 67-year-old was convicted on Wednesday, March 15, of the beating death of another in a Lawrence YMCA rooming house in 2017.  Martin Rodriguez was found guilty of first-degree murder following a weeklong trial for the killing of 53-year-old Jose Burgos, the Essex District Attorney's Office announced. Rodriguez was accused of beating Burgos to death with a baseball bat.  The two lived at a boarding house at 40 Lawrence St.  “This was a brutal crime, and I’m pleased the jury considered all of the evidence before delivering a just verdict,” Essex DA Paul F. Tucker&nb…

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