Kansas City, Mo. ? A man linked by DNA evidence to two killings in the 1980s was convicted Friday of one of them, after previously withdrawing his guilty pleas to both crimes.

Michael L. Gorman was convicted of first-degree murder and rape in the 1989 death of his neighbor, 82-year-old Connie Tindall.

Gorman, 45, of Kansas City, has yet to be tried in the 1988 rape and murder of Christina L. Williams, 24.

Gorman pleaded guilty last year to both of the slayings in exchange for life sentences that allowed parole. But he later withdrew his plea.