GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—A western Michigan man has been convicted of first-degree murder in the slaying of a 16-year-old girl who accused him of rape.
A Grand Rapids jury issued a guilty verdict Thursday for 43-year-old Quinn James of Wyoming, Michigan.
Mujey Dumbuya’s partially clothed body was found in January 2018 in woods in Kalamazoo, about 50 miles southeast of her Grand Rapids-area home. She had been strangled.
![Assistant Kent County Prosecutor Kellee Koncki makes her closing argument](https://https://i.ntd.com/assets/uploads/2019/02/mujey-615x410.jpeg)
Det. Moorian goes through Mujey Dumbuya’s backpack, which was found on the side of road on US 131, days after her alleged disappearance. Dumbuya’s notebooks and school ID were found inside.@wwmtnews pic.twitter.com/powJY76IVd
— Mike Krafcik (@Mkrafcik) February 25, 2019
![Fatmata Corneh, the mother of Mujey Dumbuya, collapses outside](https://https://i.ntd.com/assets/uploads/2019/02/mujey-mother-615x410.jpeg)
Mujey Dumbuya’s aunt, Janya Sannoh, speaks after jury delivers guilty verdict in her death.
“Thank God for this day.”https://t.co/9sN2xcVcty pic.twitter.com/yxKCN5AfJo— WWMT-TV (@wwmtnews) February 28, 2019
James was a maintenance worker at Dumbuya’s school and she accused him of sexual assault in 2017. Authorities say James killed the girl while free on a $100,000 cash bond in the assault case.
![Defense attorney Jonathan Schildgen makes his closing argument](https://https://i.ntd.com/assets/uploads/2019/02/defense-attorney-jonathan-615x410.jpeg)
He was sentenced last December to 20 to 30 years in prison for third-degree criminal sexual conduct.
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His sentencing in the killing is scheduled for March 25.
![Kent County Circuit Judge George Quist presides over closing arguments to Quinn James' murder trial](https://https://i.ntd.com/assets/uploads/2019/02/judge-george-615x410.jpeg)
A Michigan man has been convicted of first-degree murder in the slaying of a 16-year-old girl who accused him of rape.
Authorities say Quinn James killed the girl while free on a $100,000 cash bond in the assault case.
https://t.co/OU5GKwmfQM— WNDU (@WNDU) February 28, 2019
BREAKING: Jury finds Quinn James guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Mujey Dumbuya. https://t.co/0M5fztaPWC
— WOOD TV8 (@WOODTV) February 28, 2019