Vermont Man Convicted of Murder in Wife’s Cleaver Killing

Vermont Man Convicted of Murder in Wife’s Cleaver Killing
Aita Gurung. Courtesy of Burlington Police Department
The Associated Press
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BURLINGTON, Vt.—A Vermont man charged with killing his wife with a meat cleaver and injuring his mother-in-law five years ago was found guilty of murder on Thursday.

The jury convicted Aita Gurung of first-degree murder in the killing of his wife Yogeswari Khadka, 32, in Burlington, and attempted second-degree murder in the attack on his mother-in-law in October of 2017, according to the attorney general’s office.