Teen Found Guilty of Beheading Classmate and Cutting Off His Hands out of Jealousy

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5/15/2019|Updated: 5/15/2019

A teenager in Massachusetts accused of beheading his classmate and cutting off his hands out of jealousy in 2016 was found guilty in court on May 14.

The announced ruling in the first-degree murder trial of Mathew Borges, 18, stated that the teen killed Lee Manuel Viloria-Paulino, 16, with “deliberate premeditation with extreme atrocity and cruelty,” reported WCVB.

Venus Upadhayaya

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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.

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