Man convicted of murdering 2 sisters he believed stole his wallet that turned out to be behind his TV

Jurors in Alabama convicted a man of murdering two half-sisters he believed had stolen his wallet at his birthday party.

Desmond Lavonta Brown, 28, got it wrong. His mother called him after the killings to say she discovered the missing item behind his television in the living room, according to the Rome News-Tribune. Testimony at pretrial showed Brown, cursing, pulled out of a Zaxby’s drive-thru when he learned the truth.

“He said, ‘I just got two bodies for nothing,”” GBI Special Agent Ghee Wilson reportedly testified.

And now Brown is going to serve a life sentence without parole after jurors took less than an hour to reach their verdict, prosecutors said. The two half-sisters, Vanita Richardson, 18, and Truvenia Campbell, 30, had attended the birthday party at his home in Rome, Georgia, on May 12, 2020. Authorities tried Brown in Alabama because that’s where they say the killings happened.

Desmond Lavonta Brown murdered Vanita Richardson and Truvenia Campbell, prosecutors said. (Mug shot: District Attorney Summer Summerford of DeKalb and Cherokee Counties in Alabama)

Desmond Lavonta Brown murdered Vanita Richardson and Truvenia Campbell, prosecutors said. (Mug shot: District Attorney Summer Summerford of DeKalb and Cherokee Counties in Alabama)

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