MISSOULA - A man charged in the death of a homeless man in November 2020 has been found guilty.
According to a press release from the Missoula Police Department, a jury found Charles Michael Covey guilty of deliberate homicide.
It only took the jury to reach their decision in three hours on Thursday.
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Missoula County Sheriff's Office
This case involved the murder of homeless man Lee Roy Nelson.
Nelson was found brutally murdered on Nov. 20,2020, in a vacant parking lot off Orange Street in downtown Missoula.
A citizen found the body of 65-year-old Nelson next to the northside river trail.
A sentencing date for Covey has not been set.