HILLSBORO, Ill. (AP) — A man has been convicted of murder for stealing $5 from a woman, then killing her and burning down her house to hide the crime.
Robin Hickman, 20, could face up to life in prison in connection with the slaying of Wanda Guckian, 48.
Prosecutors say Guckian came home on Aug. 6, 1999, and found Hickman and an accomplice burglarizing the place. Hickman took $5 from her as she pleaded for her life, then slashed her throat and shot her in the head before igniting the blaze, prosecutors said.