22-year-old found guilty in student’s murder

? Twenty-year-old Christopher Edwards has been found guilty of murdering 19-year-old Jessica O’Grady.

A Douglas County jury deliberated for 11 hours Friday and Saturday before reaching a decision. The verdict was read at 5 p.m.

Edwards was on trial for second-degree murder, which carries a sentence of 20 years to life in prison.

Prosecutors have contended Edwards, 20, killed 19-year-old Jessica O’Grady, a University of Nebraska at Omaha student who disappeared last May and has never been found.

During the two-week trial, prosecutors said O’Grady’s blood was found on two swords recovered from Edwards’ residence as well as on a headboard, mattress, comforter and the ceiling of Edwards’ bedroom.